Balanced immunity is pivotal for health and homeostasis. CD4+ helper T (Th) cells are
central to the balance between immune tolerance and immune rejection. Th cells adopt …

Despite having been identified as the organism that causes tuberculosis in 1882,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has managed to still evade our understanding of the protective …

Antigen-specific, MHC-restricted αβ T cells are necessary for protective immunity against
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but the ability to broadly study these responses has been …

Summary Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG), the only approved Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Mtb) vaccine, provides limited durable protection when administered intradermally …

Pulmonary granulomas are widely considered the epicenters of the immune response to
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). Recent animal …

Targeted therapy and immunotherapy have brought hopes for precision cancer treatment.
However, complex physiological barriers and tumor immunosuppression result in poor …

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) has become a major source of active tuberculosis (ATB).
Although the tuberculin skin test and interferon-gamma release assay can be used to …

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not only shaped awareness of the impact of infectious
diseases on global health. It has also provided instructive lessons for better prevention …

Rapid reaction to microbes invading mucosal tissues is key to protect the host against
disease. Respiratory tissue‐resident memory T (TRM) cells provide superior immunity …

Abstract CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes mediate most of the adaptive immune response
against tumors. Naïve T lymphocytes specific for tumor antigens are primed in lymph nodes …