Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6242559 | Respiratory Medicine | 2012 | 9 Pages |
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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Authors
Hasib Ahmadzai, Barbara Cameron, Jeanie J.Y. Chui, Andrew Lloyd, Denis Wakefield, Paul S. Thomas,