title: Immunity to mycobacteria.
abstract: Recent progress in the field of immunity to mycobacteria has centered on T cell subset responses and the cytokines these cells secrete. In addition, there has been steady progress in identifying and characterizing several classes of major mycobacterial proteins; included amongst these are the secreted/export proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which several laboratories now believe may represent the key protective immunity-inducing antigens of the bacillus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Orme
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007918:Leprosy / Q000276:immunology*; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000276:immunology; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000276:immunology; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000276:immunology*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000276:immunology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines