The emergence of viruses with pandemic potential such as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
causing COVID-19 poses a global health challenge. There is remarkable progress in …

For almost nearly a century, memory functions have been attributed only to acquired
immune cells. Lately, this paradigm has been challenged by an increasing number of …

Rationale: Immunogenicity of new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines is commonly assessed by
measuring the frequency and cytokine expression profile of T cells. Objectives: We tested …

Abstract Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine is well known for inducing trained immunity in
myeloid and natural killer cells, which can explain its cross-protective effect against …

Vγ9Vδ2 T cells are a major human blood γδ T cell population that respond in a T cell
receptor (TCR)-dependent manner to phosphoantigens which are generated by a variety of …

Protective immunity against mycobacterial infections such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis is
mediated by interactions between specific T cells and activated antigen presenting cells. To …

Background The Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is given to>
120 million infants each year worldwide. Most studies investigating the immune response to …

Vaccination strategies against mycobacteria, focusing mostly on classical T‐and B‐cells,
have shown limited success, encouraging the addition of alternative targets. Classically …

Background: Nowadays, it has been widely accepted that the local cell‐mediated
immunologic disorders may play an important role in the pathogenesis of oral lichen planus …

Objective: To evaluate cell-mediated immune response to Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG)
vaccination in uninfected, HIV-1-exposed infants, comparing it with unexposed children …