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

• Päätekijät: Kang Li (Tekijä), Cuini Wang (Tekijä), Haikong Lu (Tekijä), Xin Gu (Tekijä), Zhifang Guan (Tekijä), Pingyu Zhou (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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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....