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Profiling the T-cell receptor repertoire of patient with pleural tuberculosis by high-throughput sequencing.
Immunology letters - 1 Nov 2014
Li Dengrui, Gao Guanju, Li Zhihui, Sun Wei, Li Xiaoxia, Chen Ning, Sun Jingjing, Yang Yonghui
Abstract excerpt
Pleural tuberculosis (PLTB), a major cause of morbidity and mortality, is the most common extrapulmonary manifestation of active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in developing countries. Gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and pleural effusion mononuclear cells (PEMCs) and beta TCR repertoire from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) have been reported....
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