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Impaired Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T-cell memory phenotypes and functional profiles among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Uganda.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2024
Ssekamatte Phillip, Nabatanzi Rose, Sitenda Diana, Nakibuule Marjorie, Bagaya Bernard Ssentalo, Kibirige Davis, Kyazze Andrew Peter, Kateete David Patrick, Sande Obondo James, van Crevel Reinout, Cose Stephen, Biraro Irene Andia
Abstract excerpt
Background: Efforts to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) are threatened by diabetes mellitus (DM), which confers a 3-fold increase in the risk of TB disease. The changes in the memory phenotypes and functional profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)-specific T cells in latent TB infection (LTBI)-DM participants remain poorly characterised. We, therefore, assessed the effect of DM on T-cell phenotype and function...
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