Upregulation of PD-1 expression on circulating CD8+but not CD4+T cells is associated with tuberculosis infection in health care workers

Shi, CL; Zhang, JP; Xu, P; Li, J; Shen, J; Wu, MY; Ye, ZJ; Yu, X; Song, HF; Chen, H; Xu, JC; Pang, Y; Huang, JA

Xu, JC (corresponding author), Soochow Univ, Affiliated Infect Dis Hosp, Peoples Hosp Suzhou 5, Suzhou 215131, Jiangsu, Peoples R China.; Pang, Y (corresponding author), Capital Med Univ, Beijing Chest Hosp, Beijing TB & Thorac Tumor Inst, Dept Bacteriol & Immunol, Beijing 101149, Peoples R China.; Huang, JA (corresponding author), Soohow Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Pulm & Crit Care Med, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu, Peoples R China.

BMC IMMUNOLOGY, 2021; 22 (1):

Abstract

Background Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk for occupationally acquired Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculosis (TB) disease due t......

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