Leprosy now: epidemiology, progress, challenges, and research gaps

LC Rodrigues, DNJ Lockwood - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2011 - thelancet.com
Leprosy continues to be a challenge to health worldwide, with about 250 000 new cases
being detected every year. Despite widespread implementation of effective multidrug …

Use of defined TLR ligands as adjuvants within human vaccines

MS Duthie, HP Windish, CB Fox… - Immunological …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Our improved understanding of how innate immune responses can be initiated and how
they can shape adaptive B‐and T‐cell responses is having a significant impact on vaccine …

Development and characterization of synthetic glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant system as a vaccine adjuvant

RN Coler, S Bertholet, M Moutaftsi, JA Guderian… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Innate immune responses to vaccine adjuvants based on lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a
component of Gram-negative bacterial cell walls, are driven by Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and …

Toll-like receptor (TLRs) agonists and antagonists for COVID-19 treatments

ZM Liu, MH Yang, K Yu, ZX Lian… - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) rapidly infects
humans and animals which make coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a grievous …

Leprosy: Comprehensive insights into pathology, immunology, and cutting-edge treatment strategies, integrating nanoparticles and ethnomedicinal plants

N Kimta, AF Majdalawieh, GK Nasrallah… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium leprae is the causative agent responsible for the chronic disease known as
leprosy. This condition is characterized by dermal involvement, often leading to peripheral …

Treatment of leprosy

HK Kar, R Gupta - Clinics in dermatology, 2015 - Elsevier
Leprosy is a curable disease, having been eliminated from many countries, including India.
This has been possible due to the wide availability of effective and safe drugs. Treatment of …

MyD88 and TRIF synergistic interaction is required for TH1‐cell polarization with a synthetic TLR4 agonist adjuvant

MT Orr, MS Duthie, HP Windish… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant‐stable emulsion (GLA‐SE) is a synthetic adjuvant TLR4
agonist that promotes potent poly‐functional TH1 responses. Different TLR4 agonists may …

Towards the development of subunit vaccines against tuberculosis: The key role of adjuvant

VT Duong, M Skwarczynski, I Toth - Tuberculosis, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is the leading
cause of death triggered by a single infectious agent, worldwide. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin …

The TLR4 Agonist Vaccine Adjuvant, GLA-SE, Requires Canonical and Atypical Mechanisms of Action for TH1 Induction

ND Cauwelaert, AL Desbien, TE Hudson, SO Pine… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The Toll-like receptor 4 agonist glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant formulated in a stable
emulsion (GLA-SE) promotes strong TH1 and balanced IgG1/IgG2 responses to protein …

Advances and hurdles on the way toward a leprosy vaccine

MS Duthie, TP Gillis, SG Reed - Human vaccines, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Prevalence rates for leprosy have declined sharply over the past 20 y, with this decline
generally attributed to the WHO multi-drug therapy (MDT) campaign to provide free-of …