Prime–Boost with Mycobacterium smegmatis Recombinant Vaccine Improves Protection in Mice Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis

AP Junqueira-Kipnis, FM De Oliveira, MM Trentini… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The development of a new vaccine as a substitute for Bacillus Calmette–Guerin or to
improve its efficacy is one of the many World Health Organization goals to control …

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 …

A dual TLR agonist adjuvant enhances the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of the tuberculosis vaccine antigen ID93

MT Orr, EA Beebe, TE Hudson, JJ Moon, CB Fox… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
With over eight million cases of tuberculosis each year there is a pressing need for the
development of new vaccines against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Subunit vaccines …

A Human Challenge Model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin

AM Minassian, I Satti, ID Poulton… - Journal of Infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract (See the editorial commentary by Dockrell, on pages 1029–31.) Background. There
is currently no safe human challenge model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to …

Immunology of tuberculosis and implications in vaccine development

JAL Flynn - Tuberculosis, 2004 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very successful pathogen that can survive and persist in the
human host in the face of a robust immune response. This immune response is sufficient to …

Tuberculosis vaccines

DB Young, GR Stewart - British medical bulletin, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The increasing incidence of disease associated with HIV infection highlights the crucial role
of the immune response in susceptibility to tuberculosis and has stimulated renewed efforts …

Tuberculosis vaccine research: the impact of immunology

LF Barker, MJ Brennan, PK Rosenstein… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - Elsevier
A safe and effective vaccine to prevent tuberculosis is necessary to combat this ancient
disease that kills millions worldwide. Recent advances in our understanding of the host …

Prophylactic Sublingual Immunization with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine Incorporating the Natural Killer T Cell Agonist Alpha-Galactosylceramide …

A Khan, S Singh, G Galvan, C Jagannath, KJ Sastry - Vaccines, 2017 - mdpi.com
Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a major global concern and the
available Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is poorly efficacious in adults. Therefore …

Innate and adaptive immune responses to human Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

R Vankayalapati, PF Barnes - Tuberculosis, 2009 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death from infectious diseases world-wide, and multidrug-
resistant (MDR) tuberculosis continues to spread in many parts of the world. MDR …

Protection and Polyfunctional T Cells Induced by Ag85B-TB10.4/IC31® against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Is Highly Dependent on the Antigen Dose

C Aagaard, TTKT Hoang, A Izzo, R Billeskov, JL Troudt… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Previously we have shown that Ag85B-TB10. 4 is a highly efficient vaccine
against tuberculosis when delivered in a Th1 inducing adjuvant based on cationic …