Activation, Impaired Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Production, and Deficiency of Circulating Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in Patients with Scrub Typhus.

• Päätekijät: Seung-Ji Kang (Tekijä), Hye-Mi Jin (Tekijä), Eun Jeong Won (Tekijä), Young-Nan Cho (Tekijä), Hyun-Ju Jung (Tekijä), Yong-Soo Kwon (Tekijä), Hae Jin Kee (Tekijä), Jae Kyun Ju (Tekijä), Jung-Chul Kim (Tekijä), Uh Jin Kim (Tekijä), Hee-Chang Jang (Tekijä), Sook-In Jung (Tekijä), Seung-Jung Kee (Tekijä), Yong-Wook Park (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells contribute to protection against certain microorganism infections. However, little is known about the role of MAIT cells in Orientia tsutsugamushi infection. Hence, the aims of this study were to examine the level and function of MAIT cells in p...