Bacteria-based immunotherapy for cancer: a systematic review of preclinical studies

M Zhou, Y Tang, W Xu, X Hao, Y Li, S Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Immunotherapy has been emerging as a powerful strategy for cancer management.
Recently, accumulating evidence has demonstrated that bacteria-based immunotherapy …

Advances and challenges in recombinant Mycobacterium bovis BCG-based HIV vaccine development: lessons learned

A Kilpeläinen, M Maya-Hoyos, N Saubí… - Expert Review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome, tuberculosis, and malaria are responsible for most human deaths produced by …

A recombinant Mycobacterium smegmatis-based surface display system for developing the T cell-based COVID-19 vaccine

Z Wen, C Fang, X Liu, Y Liu, M Li, Y Yuan… - Human Vaccines & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The immune escape mutations of SARS-CoV-2 variants emerged frequently, posing a new
challenge to weaken the protective efficacy of current vaccines. Thus, the development of …

Recombinant Mycobacterium paragordonae Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Receptor-Binding Domain as a Vaccine Candidate Against SARS-CoV-2 Infections

BJ Kim, H Jeong, H Seo, MH Lee, HM Shin… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
At present, concerns that the recent global emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants could
compromise the current vaccines have been raised, highlighting the urgent demand for new …

[HTML][HTML] Recombinant Mycobacterium smegmatis delivering a fusion protein of human macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and IL-7 exerts an anticancer effect …

H Jeong, SY Lee, H Seo, BJ Kim - Journal for immunotherapy of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pleotropic inflammatory
cytokine that is overexpressed in a number of cancer types including most types of human …

Diagnostic Potential of IgG and IgA Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens for Discrimination among Active Tuberculosis, Latent Tuberculosis Infection …

JY Lee, BJ Kim, HK Koo, J Kim, J Kim, YH Kook, BJ Kim - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem. Conventional tests are inadequate to
distinguish between active tuberculosis (ATB) and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). We …

A temperature sensitive Mycobacterium paragordonae induces enhanced protective immune responses against mycobacterial infections in the mouse model

BJ Kim, BR Kim, YH Kook, BJ Kim - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Recently, we introduced a temperature sensitive Mycobacterium spp., Mycobacterium
paragordonae (Mpg). Here, we checked its potential as a candidate for live vaccination …

Development of a live recombinant BCG expressing human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gag using a pMyong2 vector system: Potential use as a novel HIV-1 …

BJ Kim, BR Kim, YH Kook, BJ Kim - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Even though the rate of new human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infections is
gradually decreasing worldwide, an effective preventive vaccine for HIV-1 is still urgently …

Experimental evolution reveals redox state modulates mycobacterial pathogenicity

Z Jiang, Z Zhuang, K Mi - Frontiers in Genetics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding how Mycobacterium tuberculosis has evolved into a professional pathogen
is helpful in studying its pathogenesis and for designing vaccines. We investigated how the …

[HTML][HTML] Boosting Immunogenicity of a Recombinant Mycobacterium smegmatis Strain via Zinc-Dependent Ribosomal Proteins

S Singh, D Kanzin, S Chavez, NA Saavedra-Avila… - …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major global health burden and kills over a million
people annually. New immunization strategies are required for the development of an …