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Patients with Tuberculosis Have a Dysfunctional Circulating B-Cell Compartment, Which Normalizes following Successful Treatment.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jun 2016
Joosten Simone A, van Meijgaarden Krista E, Del Nonno Franca, Baiocchini Andrea, Petrone Linda, Vanini Valentina, Smits Hermelijn H, Palmieri Fabrizio, Goletti Delia, Ottenhoff Tom H M
Abstract excerpt
B-cells not only produce immunoglobulins and present antigens to T-cells, but also additional key roles in the immune system. Current knowledge on the role of B-cells in infections caused by intracellular bacteria is fragmentary and contradictory. We therefore analysed the phenotypical and functional properties of B-cells during infection and disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacillus...
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