Antimycobacterial immune responses in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis

  1. Robert Hörster1,
  2. Detlef Kirsten2,
  3. Karoline Iris Gaede3,
  4. Claudia Jafari1,
  5. Alan Strassburg1,
  6. Ulf Greinert1,
  7. Barbara Kalsdorf1,
  8. Martin Ernst4,
  9. Christoph Lange1,*

Article first published online: 18 MAR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2009.00136.x

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The Clinical Respiratory Journal

The Clinical Respiratory Journal

Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 229–238, October 2009

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Hörster, R., Kirsten, D., Gaede, K. I., Jafari, C., Strassburg, A., Greinert, U., Kalsdorf, B., Ernst, M. and Lange, C. (2009), Antimycobacterial immune responses in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 3: 229–238. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-699X.2009.00136.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

  2. 2

    Hospital Großhansdorf, Center for Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery, Großhansdorf, Germany

  3. 3

    Division of Pathophysiology of Inflammation, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

  4. 4

    Division of Immune Cell-Analytics, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

*Christoph Lange, MD, Division of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Medical Clinic, Research Center Borstel, Parkallee 35, 23845 Borstel, Germany Tel: +49 4537 188 332 (-0) Fax: +49 4537 188 313 email: clange@fz-borstel.de

  1. Authorship CL, DK and ME developed the concept of the study. CL, DK, CJ, AS, BK and UG performed bronchoscopies. ME acquired the ELISPOT and flow-cytometric data. ME, RH and CL analysed the data. RH, CL, DK and KIG wrote the draft. All authors revised the article critically and approved the publication of the current version.

  2. Ethics The study was approved by the ethics committee of the University of Lübeck, Germany.

  3. Conflicts of interest The authors have stated explicitly that there are no conflicts of interest in connection with this article

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 SEP 2009
  2. Article first published online: 18 MAR 2009
  3. Received: 10 January 2009Revision requested: NAAccepted: 19 January 2009

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