Exhausted CD8 T cells and anti-inflammatory macrophages characterize lepromatous leprosy lesions

• Katrin D. Mayer-Barber,
• Daniel L. Barber,
• Laura E. Via

Affiliations

Katrin D. Mayer-Barber

Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

Daniel L. Barber

T Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

Laura E. Via

Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, and Tuberculosis Imaging Program, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA; Corresponding author. NIAID, NIH, 33 North Drive, Building 33, Rm., 2W20G, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.