T-cell response to my mycobacterial antigens in lepromatous and tuberculoid leprosy
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 82 (supl.2), 1987
We showed that a large fraction of lepromatous patients do harbor helper-type circulating T-cells that can be activated in vitro by Mycobacterium leprae. M. leprae and PPD triggered T-cell lines could be then obtained from both tuberculoid and lepromatous patients. The proliferative response of these hel...