Dynamics of Adrenal Steroids Are Related to Variations in Th1 and Treg Populations during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in HIV Positive Persons

Maria Florencia Quiroga; Matias Tomas Angerami; Natalia Santucci; Diego Ameri; Jose Luis Francos; Jorge Wallach; Omar Sued; Pedro Cahn; Horacio Salomón; Oscar Bottasso

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033061

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Dynamics of Adrenal Steroids Are Related to Variations in Th1 and Treg Populations during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in HIV Positive Persons

Maria Florencia Quiroga ,

* E-mail: fquiroga@fmed.uba.ar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, National Reference Center for AIDS, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Matias Tomas Angerami,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, National Reference Center for AIDS, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Natalia Santucci,

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Rosario School of Medical Sciences, Rosario, Argentina
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Diego Ameri,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, J.A. Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Huesped Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jose Luis Francos,

Affiliation 21 Unit, F.J. Muñiz Infectious Diseases Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jorge Wallach,

Affiliation 21 Unit, F.J. Muñiz Infectious Diseases Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Omar Sued,

Current address: Pan American Health Organization/AMRO-WHO, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, J.A. Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Huesped Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pedro Cahn,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, J.A. Fernández Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Huesped Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Horacio Salomón,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, National Reference Center for AIDS, University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Oscar Bottasso

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Rosario School of Medical Sciences, Rosario, Argentina
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Dynamics of Adrenal Steroids Are Related to Variations in Th1 and Treg Populations during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in HIV Positive Persons

Maria Florencia Quiroga,
Matias Tomas Angerami,
Natalia Santucci,
Diego Ameri,
Jose Luis Francos,
Jorge Wallach,
Omar Sued,
Pedro Cahn,
Horacio Salomón,
Oscar Bottasso

Published: March 14, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033061

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