Effect of IFN-Î³, IL-12 and IL-10 cytokine production and mRNA expression in tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus and their household contacts

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5896760	Cytokine	2016	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Cytokine responses of the patients retained after treatment highlighting the antigen importance, hence further studies with recombinant cytokines may help in coming up with a biomarker. Analogous immune responses of household contacts with the TBDM and PTB patients may assist in recognizing the high risk individuals.

Keywords

PBMC ROC ppm HHC PTB analysis of variance ANOVA fold change Cytokine production Diabetes mellitus Pulmonary tuberculosis peripheral blood mononuclear cells Household contacts receiver operating characteristic

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Effect of IFN-Î³, IL-12 and IL-10 cytokine production and mRNA expression in tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus and their household contacts

Authors

Ponnana Meenakshi, Sivangala Ramya, Joshi Lavanya, Valluri Vijayalakshmi, Gaddam Sumanlatha,