Laboratory Medicine ›› 2015, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (10): 1048-1052.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8640.2015.10.020

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RANTES and eotaxin in tuberculosis

ZHAO Yanfeng1, FENG Xiaoyan2, ZHANG Heqiu1   

  1. 1 .Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang Wenzhou 325035, China
    2. Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China
  • Received:2014-12-19 Online:2015-10-30 Published:2015-11-04

Abstract:

Tuberculosis remains one of the most common infectious diseases to threat human health. China is the 22nd high tuberculosis burden country. Early correct diagnosis and proper treatment are critical to control Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The traditional laboratory diagnosis methods of tuberculosis have many shortcomings, and no excellent biomarkers are found and verified,which hampers and attempts to develop new tests. Along with the increasing research of regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted(RANTES) and eotaxin, more and more studies indicate that RANTES and eotaxin have potential significance in the diagnosis and monitoring of tuberculosis.

Key words: Regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted, Eotaxin, Tuberculosis

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