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SUBMITTER: Chen T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7108924 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Tingting T Blanc Caroline C Liu Yanyan Y Ishida Elise E Singer Sarah S Xu Jiayong J Joe Maju M Jenny-Avital Elizabeth R ER Chan John J Lowary Todd L TL Achkar Jacqueline M JM
The Journal of clinical investigation 20200401 4
A better understanding of all immune components involved in protecting against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is urgently needed to inform strategies for novel immunotherapy and tuberculosis (TB) vaccine development. Although cell-mediated immunity is critical, increasing evidence supports that antibodies also have a protective role against TB. Yet knowledge of protective antigens is limited. Analyzing sera from 97 US immigrants at various stages of M. tuberculosis infection, we showed pro ...[more]