Latent tuberculosis infection is associated with increased Tregs frequencies in the BAL of healthy contact persons

C. Herzmann, M. Ernst, S. Ehlers, S. Stenger, J. Maertzdorf, G. Sotgiu, C. Lange (Borstel, Ulm, Berlin, Germany; Sassari, Italy)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - New developments in the immunological diagnosis of tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection
Disease area: Respiratory infections

Congress or journal article abstract

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
C. Herzmann, M. Ernst, S. Ehlers, S. Stenger, J. Maertzdorf, G. Sotgiu, C. Lange (Borstel, Ulm, Berlin, Germany; Sassari, Italy). Latent tuberculosis infection is associated with increased Tregs frequencies in the BAL of healthy contact persons. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 1872

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Impaired Mtb-specific alveolar T-cell responses in HIV+ persons with latent TB infection
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New tests and methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease and to monitor treatment
Year: 2008

Increased frequencies of pulmonary regulatory T-cells in latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 40: 1450-1457
Year: 2012



Comparison of effector T-cell responses in patients with active TB disease compared to latent TB infection
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - New perspectives and old problems in diagnosing tuberculosis infection and disease
Year: 2007



Expression of the PDCD1 gene to determine active tuberculosis infection in children and adolescents with latent TB infection
Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – The young, the old and extrapulmonary tuberculosis
Year: 2020


γδT lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection
Source: Eur Respir J 2001; 18: Suppl. 33, 313s
Year: 2001

Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in HIV-seropositive individuals
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Interferon-gamma methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease
Year: 2008



MTB-specific lymphocytes are selectively recruited to the site of infection in active pulmonary tuberculosis
Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Immunology and genetics of tuberculosis
Year: 2007



Latent tuberculosis infection in children in contact with pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Tuberculosis in children
Year: 2010


Polymorphism of neutrophil granulocytes in children with latent tuberculosis infection and recurrent bronchitis
Source: Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, 344s
Year: 2006

Increased activation and oligoclonality within peripheral CD8+ T lymphocytes in mycobacterium tuberculosis infected patients
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 284s
Year: 2004

Immune reactive profiling in subjects at risk of latent tuberculosis infection with TST(+)/IGRA(-) results.
Source: International Congress 2018 – Tuberculosis transmission and screening strategies
Year: 2018


IFN-gamma response on T-cell based assays in HIV patients for detection of tuberculosis infection
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New methods to diagnose tuberculosis infection and disease
Year: 2008

Circulating respiratory syncytial virus-specific CD8+ T cells are present in a low frequency in healthy individuals and patients with COPD
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 686s
Year: 2004

T cells subpopulations and cytokine responses to tuberculosis antigens in blood of smoking and nonsmoking tuberculosis patients
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Diagnostic features of tuberculosis II
Year: 2013

Latent tuberculosis infection treatment in subjects with autoimmune diseases and T-cell interferon-γ responses
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Frontiers in the diagnosis of tuberculosis
Year: 2009

Comparison of Nramp1 gene polymorphisms among tuberculosis healthy workers with positive PPD and recently infected cases; host susceptibility to tuberculosis
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Genetics, immunology and microbiology of tuberculosis
Year: 2008


Frequency of beryllium and mycobacterial specific blood CD4+ T-cells in patients with sarcoidosis
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - New insights into the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis
Year: 2008


The prevalence of latent pulmonary tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in low and high risk populations in Ireland
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 425s
Year: 2005

Different genetics background of patients with latent tuberculosis infection versus active tuberculosis
Source: International Congress 2017 – Asthma genetics and genomics in patients and populations
Year: 2017


Sera cytokine levels of sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and asthma patients
Source: Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 354s
Year: 2004