[Specific T-cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein ESAT-6 in Chinese HIV positive individuals].
OBJECTIVE
To detect TB specific T cell responses by using the recombinant ESAT-6 protein as stimulus in Chinese HIV infected patients.


METHODS
ELISPOT-IFN-gamma assay by using the recombinant ESAT-6 protein as stimulus to detect specific T cell responses in HIV+ patients with or without clinical manifestation of TB diseases.


RESULTS
Recombinant ESAT-6 protein specific T cell responses show significant high frequencies in both of TB patients with or without HIV infection than that in the healthy control and HIV+ group without clinical TB diseases.


CONCLUSIONS
The ELISPOT-IFN-gamma assay by using recombinant ESAT-6 protein as stimulus could be used in diagnoses of TB infection in Chinese HIV infected patients.
The First Affiliated Hospital, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Bin
B
Zhang
Wen-hui
WH
Lun
Jun
J
Cheng
Long-feng
LF
Zhao
Xing-wang
XW
Li
Ning
N
Han
Qi
Q
Wang
Yun-lei
YL
Liang
Yu
Y
Mao
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000379:methods; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D055815:Young Adult
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C093276:ESAT-6 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007371:Interferon-gamma