Association of Strong Immune Responses to PPE Protein Rv1168c with Active Tuberculosis ▿
Khan N, Alam K, Nair S, Valluri VL, Murthy KJ, Mukhopadhyay S. Association of Strong Immune Responses to PPE Protein Rv1168c with Active Tuberculosis ▿. MSphere 2008, 15: 974-980. PMID: 18400969, PMCID: PMC2446626, DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00485-07.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTB patientsESAT-6Sensitized peripheral blood mononuclear cellsStrong gamma interferon responseSmear-negative pulmonary TBPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsExtrapulmonary TB casesSerodiagnosis of TBBlood mononuclear cellsPotent T-cell antigenControl of TBT-cell antigensGamma interferon responseStrong immune responseConventional diagnostic testsConventional enzyme immunoassayActive TBMycobacterium bovis BCGPulmonary TBActive tuberculosisTB casesTuberculosis infectionMononuclear cellsImmune responseStrong immunoreactivity