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

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Kang Li (Συγγραφέας), Cuini Wang (Συγγραφέας), Haikong Lu (Συγγραφέας), Xin Gu (Συγγραφέας), Zhifang Guan (Συγγραφέας), Pingyu Zhou (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Έκδοση: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Θέματα: 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....