Whole Blood Assays to Identify Th1 Cell Antigens and Peptides Encoded by Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Specific RD1 Genes | Zendy

Shumaila Nida Muhammad Hanif | Zendy; Abdulsalam M. El-Shammy | Zendy; Rajaa AlAttiyah | Zendy; Abu Salim Mustafa | Zendy

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Whole Blood Assays to Identify Th1 Cell Antigens and Peptides Encoded by <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>-Specific RD1 Genes

Author(s) -

Shumaila Nida Muhammad Hanif,

Abdulsalam M. El-Shammy,

Rajaa AlAttiyah,

Abu Salim Mustafa

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

medical principles and practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426

H-Index - 45

eISSN - 1423-0151

pISSN - 1011-7571

DOI - 10.1159/000117800

Subject(s) - antigen , mycobacterium bovis , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , orfs , mycobacterium , interferon gamma , mycobacterium tuberculosis complex , biology , immunology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , open reading frame , immune system , peptide sequence , biochemistry , pathology

To identify Th1 cell-stimulating antigens/peptides encoded by the genes predicted in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific genomic region of difference (RD)1, deleted in Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin(BCG), by using synthetic peptides and whole blood from tuberculosis (TB) patients.

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