2009
Pattern and diversity of cytokine production differentiates between Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease
Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. The solution involves development of an effective vaccine, but has been limited by incomplete understanding of what constitutes protective immunity during natural infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In this study, M. tuberculosis-specific responses following an overnight whole-blood assay were assessed by intracellular cytokine staining and luminex, and compared between TB cases and exposed household contacts. TB cases had significantly higher levels of…
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“…These results differ from those in the study by Sutherland et al [20], where no IL-17 responses were detected at all. Th-17 cells have been suggested to play a role in human TB immunity through the recruitment of neutrophils in granuloma-formation, thus functioning as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity [33].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…These results differ from those in the study by Sutherland et al [20], where no IL-17 responses were detected at all. Th-17 cells have been suggested to play a role in human TB immunity through the recruitment of neutrophils in granuloma-formation, thus functioning as a bridge between innate and adaptive immunity [33].…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast to our results that show that the broad and multifunctional cytokine pattern induced by HBHA is indicative of protection/nondisease progression, others have shown increased cytokine production by multiplex cytokine arrays in active TB disease (36). However, the techniques employed in this study and those in the Sutherland paper measure different parameters and are not directly comparable.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…With regard to ESAT-6-reactive CD4+ T-cells, we observed similar trends for relative and absolute frequencies as seen for PPD, but as some samples did not respond to ESAT-6 and, consistent with previous studies [29], [30], [33], the responses were generally weaker and significance was not obtained for these changes (data not shown).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 89%
