Alvarez-Corrales, Nancy and Ahmed, Raija K and Rodriguez, Carol A and Balaji, Kithiganahalli N and Rivera, Rebeca and Sompallae, Ramakrishna and Vudattu, Nalini K and Hoffner, Sven E and Zumla, Alimuddin and Pineda-Garcia, Lelany and Maeurer, Markus (2013) Differential cellular recognition pattern to M. tuberculosis targets defined by IFN-gamma and IL-17 production in blood from TB plus patients from Honduras as compared to health care workers: TB and immune responses in patients from Honduras. In: BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 13 .
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Abstract
Background: A better understanding of the quality of cellular immune responses directed against molecularly defined targets will guide the development of TB diagnostics and identification of molecularly defined, clinically relevant M.tb vaccine candidates. Methods: Recombinant proteins (n = 8) and peptide pools (n = 14) from M. tuberculosis (M.tb) targets were used to compare cellular immune responses defined by IFN-gamma and IL-17 production using a Whole Blood Assay (WBA) in a cohort of 148 individuals, i.e. patients with TB + (n = 38), TB- individuals with other pulmonary diseases (n = 81) and individuals exposed to TB without evidence of clinical TB (health care workers, n = 29). Results: M.tb antigens Rv2958c (glycosyltransferase), Rv2962c (mycolyltransferase), Rv1886c (Ag85B), Rv3804c (Ag85A), and the PPE family member Rv3347c were frequently recognized, defined by IFN-gamma production, in blood from healthy individuals exposed to M.tb (health care workers). A different recognition pattern was found for IL-17 production in blood from M.tb exposed individuals responding to TB10.4 (Rv0288), Ag85B (Rv1886c) and the PPE family members Rv0978c and Rv1917c. Conclusions: The pattern of immune target recognition is different in regard to IFN-gamma and IL-17 production to defined molecular M.tb targets in PBMCs from individuals frequently exposed to M.tb. The data represent the first mapping of cellular immune responses against M.tb targets in TB patients from Honduras.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| Publisher: | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD |
| Additional Information: | Copyright for this article belongs to the Authors |
| Keywords: | T-cells; M. tuberculosis; TB; Antigen-recognition; Biomarkers |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2013 10:59 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2013 11:02 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46465 |
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