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Phenotypic and functional heterogeneity of peripheral γδ T cells in pulmonary TB and HIV patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
BMC infectious diseases - 15 Sept 2018
Negash Mikias, Tsegaye Aster, Wassie Liya, Howe Rawleigh
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Previous studies reported HIV infection alters the distribution and function of γδ T cells and their subsets. γδ T phenotypes in healthy and diseased individuals has received little attention in Ethiopia. We conducted this study to analyze the distribution of γδ T cells, the subsets and levels of expression of activation (CD38), exhaustion or anergy (CD95, PD1), adhesion (N-CAM/CD56 and CD103), among...
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