Identification of B- and T-cell epitopes within the MTP40 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their correlation with the disease course.

Title:

Identification of B- and T-cell epitopes within the MTP40 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their correlation with the disease course.

identifier:	1041055
description:	epitope description:TTLGMHCGSFGSAPSNG antigen name:Other Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein host organism:Homo sapiens
aggregation:	instance of dataset
availability:	available
primaryPublications:	1711013

study type:	b cell assays
subject species:	Mycobacterium tuberculosis

fullName:	J C Falla C A Parra M Mendoza L C Franco F Guzmá n J Forero O Orozco M E Patarroyo

method:	ELISA

name:	Identification of B- and T-cell epitopes within the MTP40 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their correlation with the disease course.
description:	The response was considered positive if above cutoff (2SD above the mean of non-infected control group). Sera from 6 of 27 BK+ (active disease) and 4 of 17 BK- (post or low bacillum count disease status) group patients responded to the epitope by ELISA.

name:	iedb
homePage:	http://www.iedb.org

If you are having problems using our tools, or if you would just like to send us some feedback, please post your questions on Feedback.