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Association of Immune Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptide Antigens with Host Genetic Factors / Zainab Zakaria Ali ; Supervised , Akmal Elgor , Abd El Hakim Saad ElDin , Ahmed Mohamed Osman

By: Contributor(s): Language: Eng Publication details: Cairo : Zainab Zakaria Ali , 2006Description: 109P : ill ; 30cmOther title:
  • ارتباط رد الفعل المناعى للاجسام المضادة لببتيدات ميكوباكتريوم السل مع العوامل الوراثية للعائل [Added title page title]
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Dissertation note: Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Science - Department Of Zoology Summary: A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test , based on insertion sequence IS6110 , was developed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms in the blood samples of 56 tuberculosis patients and 34 healthy controls subjectsThe early secreted antigenic target 6 - KDa (ESAT - 6) are used to stimulate T lymphocyte subsets from tuberculosis - infected patients and the correlation of these immune responses to the genetic factors (HLA type) which determined the host immune response is evaluatedA 45 (803 patients were positive for the IS6110 gene while control subjects were negative for tuberculosisESAT - 6 derived peptides : P1 (105+0084) , P2 (108+0094) , P3 (102+0086) , P5 (098+0117) and P7 (126+0152) were significantly higher in the infected group than in the non - infected groupAdditionally , 33 patients and 12 controls were tested for HLA - DRB , HLA - DQB1 and HLA - DPB1Only type HLA - DRB1*15 was significantly associated with tuberculosis infection using the Chi - square test (X2 = 004311) HLA typing of patients showed that they covered a large spectrum of HLA moleculesBy using the relative risk , there are some HLA types that are relatively more susceptible to be associated with tuberculosis infection
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Thesis Thesis قاعة الرسائل الجامعية - الدور الاول المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.12.21.M.Sc.2006.Za.A. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 01010110045751000
CD - Rom CD - Rom مخـــزن الرســائل الجـــامعية - البدروم المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة Cai01.12.21.M.Sc.2006.Za.A. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 45751.CD Not for loan 01020110045751000

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Science - Department Of Zoology

A polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test , based on insertion sequence IS6110 , was developed to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms in the blood samples of 56 tuberculosis patients and 34 healthy controls subjectsThe early secreted antigenic target 6 - KDa (ESAT - 6) are used to stimulate T lymphocyte subsets from tuberculosis - infected patients and the correlation of these immune responses to the genetic factors (HLA type) which determined the host immune response is evaluatedA 45 (803 patients were positive for the IS6110 gene while control subjects were negative for tuberculosisESAT - 6 derived peptides : P1 (105+0084) , P2 (108+0094) , P3 (102+0086) , P5 (098+0117) and P7 (126+0152) were significantly higher in the infected group than in the non - infected groupAdditionally , 33 patients and 12 controls were tested for HLA - DRB , HLA - DQB1 and HLA - DPB1Only type HLA - DRB1*15 was significantly associated with tuberculosis infection using the Chi - square test (X2 = 004311) HLA typing of patients showed that they covered a large spectrum of HLA moleculesBy using the relative risk , there are some HLA types that are relatively more susceptible to be associated with tuberculosis infection

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