| Literature DB >> 26759253 |
Fathiah S Amran1, Kyungchul Kim1, Andrew Lim1, Rachel Thomson2,3, Silvia Lee4, Grant Waterer5, Patricia Price6,7.
Abstract
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) establishes lifelong infections with episodes of active replication. We hypothesized that recurrent CMV replication in older individuals may suppress protective immune responses to non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and so potentiate pulmonary disease. Accordingly, levels of antibodies to three CMV antigen preparations were higher in NTM patients than in age-matched controls. This did not reflect broad-spectrum B cell activation as total immunoglobulin levels were not equivalently increased.Entities:
Keywords: Cytomegalovirus; immunosuppression; non-tuberculous mycobacteria
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26759253 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-016-0233-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Immunol ISSN: 0271-9142 Impact factor: 8.317