Importance of Reciprocal Balance of T Cell Immunity in Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Lung Disease

Su-Young Kim; Won-Jung Koh; Yee Hyung Kim; Byeong-Ho Jeong; Hye Yun Park; Kyeongman Jeon; Jong-Seok Kim; Sang-Nae Cho; Sung Jae Shin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109941

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Importance of Reciprocal Balance of T Cell Immunity in Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Lung Disease

Su-Young Kim ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Su-Young Kim, Won-Jung Koh

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Won-Jung Koh ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Su-Young Kim, Won-Jung Koh

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Yee Hyung Kim,

Current address: Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Byeong-Ho Jeong,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Hye Yun Park,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Kyeongman Jeon,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Jong-Seok Kim,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Sang-Nae Cho,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Sung Jae Shin

* E-mail: sjshin@yuhs.ac

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Institute of Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Importance of Reciprocal Balance of T Cell Immunity in Mycobacterium abscessus Complex Lung Disease

Su-Young Kim,
Won-Jung Koh,
Yee Hyung Kim,
Byeong-Ho Jeong,
Hye Yun Park,
Kyeongman Jeon,
Jong-Seok Kim,
Sang-Nae Cho,
Sung Jae Shin

Published: October 8, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109941

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