Trial reportPloS one2012
Peripheral T cell cytokine responses for diagnosis of active tuberculosis.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Characterization of peripheral cytokine-secreting cells responses in HIV/TB co-infection.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Article
- Endometrial cytokine expression from clinically suspected genital tuberculosis patients at tertiary care hospitals in Dhaka.Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other mycobacterial diseases · 2022Article
- The diagnostic accuracy of Th1 (IFN-γ, TNF-α, and IL-2) and Th2 (IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10) cytokines response in AFB microscopy smear negative PTB- HIV co-infected patients.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Comparative Diagnostic Utility of Neopterin and IFN-γ/IL-2 in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis.Indian journal of clinical biochemistry : IJCB · 2017Article
- Severe Tuberculosis in Humans Correlates Best with Neutrophil Abundance and Lymphocyte Deficiency and Does Not Correlate with Antigen-Specific CD4 T-Cell Response.Frontiers in immunology · 2017Article
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- Measurement of phenotype and absolute number of circulating heparin-binding hemagglutinin, ESAT-6 and CFP-10, and purified protein derivative antigen-specific CD4 T cells can discriminate active from latent tuberculosis infection.Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI · 2015Article
- Molecular characterization of T cell receptor beta variable in the peripheral blood T cell repertoire in subjects with active tuberculosis or latent tuberculosis infection.BMC infectious diseases · 2013Article
- Expansion of pathogen-specific mono- and multifunctional Th1 and Th17 cells in multi-focal tuberculous lymphadenitis.PloS one · 2013Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundA test for diagnosis of active Tuberculosis (TB) from peripheral blood could tremendously improve clinical management of patients.
methodsOf 178 prospectively enrolled patients with possible TB, 60 patients were diagnosed with pulmonary and 27 patients with extrapulmonary TB. The frequencies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) specific CD4(+) T cells and CD8(+) T cells producing cytokines were assessed using overnight stimulation with purified protein derivate (PPD) or early secretory antigenic target (ESAT)-6, respectively.
resultsAmong patients with active TB, an increased type 1 cytokine profile consisting of mainly CD4(+) T cell derived interferon (IFN)-γ was detectable. Despite contributing to the cytokine profile as a whole, the independent diagnostic performance of one cytokine producing T cells as well as polyfunctional T cells was poor. IFN-γ/Interleukin(IL)-2 cytokine ratios discriminated best between active TB and other diseases.
conclusionT cells producing one cytokine and polyfunctional T cells have a limited role in diagnosis of active TB. The significant shift from a "memory type" to an "effector type" cytokine profile may be useful for further development of a rapid immune-diagnostic tool for active TB.
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