[HTML][HTML] A guide to vaccinology: from basic principles to new developments

AJ Pollard, EM Bijker - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Immunization is a cornerstone of public health policy and is demonstrably highly cost-
effective when used to protect child health. Although it could be argued that immunology has …

Innate immune memory of tissue-resident macrophages and trained innate immunity: Re-vamping vaccine concept and strategies

Z Xing, S Afkhami, J Bavananthasivam… - Journal of Leucocyte …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In the past few years, our understanding of immunological memory has evolved remarkably
due to a growing body of new knowledge in innate immune memory and immunity …

Tuberculosis vaccine development: progress in clinical evaluation

SB Sable, JE Posey, TJ Scriba - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading killer among all infectious diseases worldwide despite
extensive use of the Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine. A safer …

IFN-γ independent markers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure among male South African gold miners

LRL Davies, MT Smith, D Cizmeci, S Fischinger… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The prevalence of tuberculosis among men who work in the gold mines of
South Africa is among the highest in the world, but a fraction of miners demonstrate …

BCG‐induced protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Evidence, mechanisms, and implications for next‐generation vaccines

M Foster, PC Hill, TP Setiabudiawan… - Immunological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Bacillus Calmette‐Guérin (BCG) was introduced 100 years
ago, but as it provides insufficient protection against TB disease, especially in adults, new …

[HTML][HTML] Trained innate immunity and resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

VACM Koeken, AJ Verrall, MG Netea, PC Hill… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Some individuals, even when heavily exposed to an infectious tuberculosis
patient, develop neither active nor latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). This 'early …

Early Clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Associated With Increased Innate Immune Responses

AJ Verrall, M Schneider, B Alisjahbana… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background A proportion of tuberculosis (TB) case contacts do not become infected, even
when heavily exposed. We studied the innate immune responses of TB case contacts to …

The knowns and unknowns of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

WH Boom, UE Schaible… - The Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Humans have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for thousands of years.
While tuberculosis (TB), one of the deadliest infectious diseases, is caused by uncontrolled …

Airway macrophages mediate mucosal vaccine–induced trained innate immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in early stages of infection

MR D'Agostino, R Lai, S Afkhami, A Khera… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), is
responsible for millions of infections and deaths annually. Decades of TB vaccine …

Natural resistance against infections: focus on COVID-19

MG Netea, J Domínguez-Andrés… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Not all individuals exposed to a pathogen develop illness: some are naturally resistant
whereas others develop an asymptomatic infection. Epidemiological studies suggest that …