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Therefore, the current study was designed to determine whether CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ regulatory T cells may modulate immunity against human tuberculosis (TB).

Memory T cells reactive against thrombospondin-related adhesive protein (TRAP) and circumsporozoite (CS) protein, major vaccine candidate antigens, were measured, as were frequencies of CD4+ CD25high T cells, which may suppress immunity, and CD56+ NK cells and γδ T cells, which may be effectors or may modulate immunity.

Moxibustion may modulate immunity through neurohormonal regulatory mechanism.

The duration of human exposure to solar radiation, or "photoperiod," may also modulate immunity at seasonal time scales related to host vitamin D status (Cannell et al. 2006).

The current study was designed to determine whether CD4 + CD25+ regulatory T cells may modulate innate immunity (such as NK cells) against human tuberculosis.

Thus, Smac may modulate tumor immunity via its cytotoxic as well as its non-apoptotic effects on tumor cells.

NK cells and γδ T cells may have direct effector functions or may modulate other immune responses [1], [2], whilst naturally-occurring CD4+CD25high FOXP3+ regulatory T cells may be suppress immunity [3], [4], [5].

It is also possible that the acquisition of strain specific immunity may modulate the selection of different allelic variants.

Increased mucosal IL-12, IL-23, IL-1β and IL-6 were indicative of a cytokine milieu that may modulate subsequent T-cell mediated immunity.

Finally, PM-induced inflammatory processes may modulate host defenses and alter maternal immunity, thus leading to increased susceptibility to infections.

Because pertussis vaccines may modulate the balance between Th1 and Th2 immunity [22], we further screened the biomedical literature until October 2005 for SNPs within the candidate genes known to have functional impact on, or to be associated with Th2 diseases, notably asthma and atopy.