Lack of Disease Specificity Limits the Usefulness of In Vitro Costimulation in HIV- and HCV-Infected Patients

Measurements of antigen-specific T cell responses in chronic diseases are limited by low frequencies of antigen-specific cells in the peripheral blood. Therefore, attempts have been made to add costimulatory molecules such as anti-CD28 or IL-7/IL-15 to ELISPOT assays to increase sensitivity. While...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Kuerten, Tobias R. Schlingmann, Tarvo Rajasalu, Doychin N. Angelov, Paul V. Lehmann, Magdalena Tary-Lehmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2008-01-01
Series:Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/590941
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