Altered circulating levels of B cell growth factors and their modulation upon anti-tuberculosis treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis

Gokul Raj Kathamuthu; Kadar Moideen; Vaithilingam V. Banurekha; Dina Nair; R. Sridhar; Dhanaraj Baskaran; Subash Babu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207404

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Altered circulating levels of B cell growth factors and their modulation upon anti-tuberculosis treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis

Gokul Raj Kathamuthu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Gokul Raj Kathamuthu, Kadar Moideen

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: gokul.r@nirt.res.in

Affiliations National Institutes of Health-NIRT-International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5083-4060

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Kadar Moideen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Gokul Raj Kathamuthu, Kadar Moideen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation National Institutes of Health-NIRT-International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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Vaithilingam V. Banurekha,

Roles Resources

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, India
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Dina Nair,

Roles Resources

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, India
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R. Sridhar,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Government Stanley Medical Hospital, Chennai, India
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Dhanaraj Baskaran,

Roles Resources, Supervision, Visualization

Affiliation National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Chennai, India
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Subash Babu

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations National Institutes of Health-NIRT-International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Altered circulating levels of B cell growth factors and their modulation upon anti-tuberculosis treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis

Gokul Raj Kathamuthu,
Kadar Moideen,
Vaithilingam V. Banurekha,
Dina Nair,
R. Sridhar,
Dhanaraj Baskaran,
Subash Babu

Published: November 14, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207404

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