Decreased expression of T-cell costimulatory molecule CD28 on CD4 and CD8 T cells of mexican patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Tuberc Res Treat · 2010 · PMC3335659 · PMID 22567259

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There was marked depletion of the CD8/CD28 subpopulation which was highly significant in both absolute number ( P < .001) and percentage ( P < .01); decreased expression of the costimulatory molecule on CD8 T cells of TB patients has been reported before [ 16 , 30 ].

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As far as the CD4/CD45RO subset, there appeared to be a decreased absolute number of these cells in the TB group compared with healthy controls (controls 486 ± 42; TB 345 ± 39), although this tendency did not reach statistical significance.

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