Treponema pallidum Elicits Innate and Adaptive Cellular Immune Responses in Skin and Blood during Secondary Syphilis: A Flow-Cytometric Analysis
Salazar JC, Cruz AR, Pope CD, Valderrama L, Trujillo R, Saravia NG, Radolf JD. Treponema pallidum Elicits Innate and Adaptive Cellular Immune Responses in Skin and Blood during Secondary Syphilis: A Flow-Cytometric Analysis. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2007, 195: 879-887. PMID: 17299719, PMCID: PMC2131710, DOI: 10.1086/511822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular immune responsesPeripheral bloodT cellsSecondary syphilisBlister fluidImmune responseControl subjectsDC-specific intercellular adhesion molecule 3DC-SIGNSystemic cellular immune responsesAdaptive cellular immune responsesEpidermal suction blistersIntercellular adhesion molecule 3Plasmacytoid dendritic cellsDermal T cellsHealthy control subjectsHuman leukocyte antigenActivation marker CD69Adaptive immune responsesMonocytes/macrophagesFlow cytometric analysisDermal leukocytesLeukocyte immunophenotypesHIV coreceptorsDendritic cells