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SUBMITTER: Bonecini-Almeida MG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC387880 | biostudies-literature | 2004 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bonecini-Almeida M Glória MG Ho John L JL Boéchat Neio N Huard Richard C RC Chitale Sadhana S Doo Howard H Geng Jiayuan J Rego Lorena L Lazzarini Luiz Claudio Oliveira LC Kritski Afrânio L AL Johnson Warren D WD McCaffrey Timothy A TA Silva José R Lapa e JR
Infection and immunity 20040501 5
Immune factors influencing progression to active tuberculosis (TB) remain poorly defined. In this study, we investigated the expression of immunoregulatory cytokines and receptors by using lung bronchoalveolar lavage cells obtained from patients with pulmonary TB, patients with other lung diseases (OLD patients), and healthy volunteers (VOL) by using reverse transcriptase PCR, a transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) bioactivity assay, and an enzyme immunoassay. TB patients were significantl ...[more]