Regulatory T cells in peripheral blood and cerebrospinal fluid of syphilis patients with and without neurological involvement.

• Main Authors: Kang Li (Author), Cuini Wang (Author), Haikong Lu (Author), Xin Gu (Author), Zhifang Guan (Author), Pingyu Zhou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease caused by spirochetal bacterium Treponema pallidum, can progress to affect the central nervous system, causing neurosyphilis. Accumulating evidence suggest that regulatory T cells (Tregs) may play an important role in the pathogenesis of syphilis....