Osteopontin Expression Correlates with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Mycobacterial Infection
Nau G, Chupp G, Emile J, Jouanguy E, Berman J, Casanova J, Young R. Osteopontin Expression Correlates with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Mycobacterial Infection. American Journal Of Pathology 2000, 157: 37-42. PMID: 10880373, PMCID: PMC1850209, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64514-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfected lymph nodesMycobacterial infectionOsteopontin expression correlatesLymph nodesClinical outcomesDisseminated infectionExpression correlatesBacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccineMycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccineCalmette-Guérin vaccineBetter clinical outcomesChronic inflammatory diseaseSevere mycobacterial infectionsInterferon gamma receptor 1OPN protein expressionRegional adenitisImmune defectsInflammatory diseasesDisease progressionInflammatory responsePatientsReceptor 1InfectionOPN expressionProtein expression