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    Augmentation of Apoptosis and Interferon-g Production at sites of active Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection in Human Tuberculosis

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    2001-02-08
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    Hirsch, C. S.
    Toossi, Z.
    Johnson, J. L.
    Luzze, H.
    Ntambi, L.
    Peters, P.
    McHugh, M.
    Okwera, A.
    Joloba, M.
    Mugyenyi, P.
    Mugerwa, R. D.
    Terebuh, P.
    Ellner, J. J.
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    Abstract
    Pleural tuberculosis (TB) was employed as a model to study T cell apoptosis at sites of active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–coinfected (HIV/TB) patients and patients infected with TB alone. Apoptosis in blood and in pleural fluid mononuclear cells and cytokine immunoreactivities in plasma and in pleural fluid were evaluated. T cells were expanded at the site of MTB infection, irrespective of HIV status. Apoptosis of CD4 and non-CD4 T cells in the pleural space occurred in both HIV/TB and TB. Interferon (IFN)–g levels were increased in pleural fluid, compared with plasma. Spontaneous apoptosis correlated with specific loss of MTB-reactive, IFN-g–producing pleural T cells. Immunoreactivities of molecules potentially involved in apoptosis, such as tumor necrosis factor–a, Fas-ligand, and Fas, were increased in pleural fluid, compared with plasma. These data suggest that continued exposure of immunoreactive cells to MTB at sites of infection may initiate a vicious cycle in which immune activation and loss of antigenresponsive T cells occur concomitantly, thus favoring persistence of MTB infection.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/519
    http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jid/current
    http://hdl.handle.net/10570/1161
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