Therapeutic vaccines for tuberculosis: an overview

R Bouzeyen, B Javid - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the world's deadliest bacterial
infection, resulting in more than 1.4 million deaths annually. The emergence of drug …

The immunological life cycle of tuberculosis

JD Ernst - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2012 - nature.com
Immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis are only partially effective; they drive the
bacteria into a latent state, but rarely eliminate them. Unfortunately, the latent state of M …

NIR‐II AIE Luminogen‐Based Erythrocyte‐Like Nanoparticles with Granuloma‐Targeting and Self‐Oxygenation Characteristics for Combined Phototherapy of …

H Wang, B Li, Y Sun, Q Ma, Y Feng, Y Jia… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis, a fatal infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), is
difficult to treat with antibiotics due to drug resistance and short drug half‐life. Phototherapy …

CD4 T Cell-Derived IFN-γ Plays a Minimal Role in Control of Pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Must Be Actively Repressed by PD-1 to Prevent …

S Sakai, KD Kauffman, MA Sallin, AH Sharpe… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
IFN-γ–producing CD4 T cells are required for protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Mtb) infection, but the extent to which IFN-γ contributes to overall CD4 T cell-mediated …

Next-generation TB vaccines: progress, challenges, and prospects

L Zhuang, Z Ye, L Li, L Yang, W Gong - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), is a prevalent global
infectious disease and a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Currently, the only available …

Frequent transmission of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing lineage and positive selection for the EsxW Beijing variant in Vietnam

KE Holt, P McAdam, PVK Thai, NTT Thuong, DTM Ha… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To examine the transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) isolated from
tuberculosis patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, we sequenced the whole genomes of …

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 …

The TLR-4 agonist adjuvant, GLA-SE, improves magnitude and quality of immune responses elicited by the ID93 tuberculosis vaccine: first-in-human trial

RN Coler, TA Day, R Ellis, FM Piazza, AM Beckmann… - npj Vaccines, 2018 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of infectious death worldwide. Development of
improved TB vaccines that boost or replace BCG is a major global health goal. ID93+ GLA …

Targeting innate immunity for tuberculosis vaccination

SA Khader, M Divangahi, W Hanekom… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Vaccine development against tuberculosis (TB) is based on the induction of adaptive
immune responses endowed with long-term memory against mycobacterial antigens …

[HTML][HTML] Novel approaches to tuberculosis vaccine development

SHE Kaufmann, J Weiner, CF von Reyn - International Journal of Infectious …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the deadliest infectious disease. The widely used bacille
Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine offers only limited protection against TB. New vaccine …