| Literature DB >> 8641765 |
M E Munk1, P Mayer, P Anding, K Feldmann, S H Kaufmann.
Abstract
Numbers of interleukin-12 (IL-12) producing cells were quantitated in the peripheral blood of healthy donors and tuberculosis patients by the ELISPOT assay. We observed that (i) stimulation with mycobacteria increases numbers of IL-12 producers from healthy donors and (ii) tuberculosis patients have larger numbers of IL-12 producers than healthy donors. Our data emphasize the importance of Il-12 in immunity to tuberculosis.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8641765 PMCID: PMC173886 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.1078-1080.1996
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441