Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6242559 Respiratory Medicine 2012 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Patients with sarcoidosis exhibit greater PBMC responses to M. tuberculosis antigens compared to PPD-negative controls, but reduced T-cell responses to common recall antigens. One contributing mechanism may be impairment of T-cell CD28 co-stimulation.
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