BCG vaccination in humans elicits trained immunity via the hematopoietic progenitor compartment

B Cirovic, LCJ de Bree, L Groh, BA Blok, J Chan… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Induction of trained immunity by Bacille-Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccination mediates
beneficial heterologous effects, but the mechanisms underlying its persistence and …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell transcriptomic profiles reveal changes associated with BCG-induced trained immunity and protective effects in circulating monocytes

L Kong, SJ Moorlag, A Lefkovith, B Li, V Matzaraki… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is one of the most widely used vaccines
worldwide. In addition to protection against tuberculosis, BCG confers a degree of non …

BCG vaccination protects against experimental viral infection in humans through the induction of cytokines associated with trained immunity

RJW Arts, SJ Moorlag, B Novakovic, Y Li, SY Wang… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
The tuberculosis vaccine bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has heterologous beneficial
effects against non-related infections. The basis of these effects has been poorly explored in …

BCG educates hematopoietic stem cells to generate protective innate immunity against tuberculosis

E Kaufmann, J Sanz, JL Dunn, N Khan, LE Mendonça… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
The dogma that adaptive immunity is the only arm of the immune response with memory
capacity has been recently challenged by several studies demonstrating evidence for …

BCG-induced cross-protection and development of trained immunity: implication for vaccine design

C Covián, A Fernández-Fierro, A Retamal-Díaz… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is a live attenuated tuberculosis vaccine that has the
ability to induce non-specific cross-protection against pathogens that might be unrelated to …

BCG as a case study for precision vaccine development: lessons from vaccine heterogeneity, trained immunity, and immune ontogeny

A Angelidou, J Diray-Arce, MG Conti… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Vaccines have been traditionally developed with the presumption that they exert identical
immunogenicity regardless of target population and that they provide protection solely …

BCG-induced trained immunity: history, mechanisms and potential applications

J Chen, L Gao, X Wu, Y Fan, M Liu, L Peng… - Journal of Translational …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine was discovered a century ago and
has since been clinically applicable. BCG can not only be used for the prevention of …

BCG turns 100: its nontraditional uses against viruses, cancer, and immunologic diseases

AK Singh, MG Netea, WR Bishai - The Journal of clinical …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
First administered to a human subject as a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine on July 18, 1921,
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has a long history of use for the prevention of TB and later …

[HTML][HTML] Non-specific effects of BCG vaccine on viral infections

S Moorlag, RJW Arts, R Van Crevel… - Clinical microbiology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Some strains of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine not only
confer protection against disseminated forms of tuberculosis, but also reduce all-cause …

Stronger induction of trained immunity by mucosal BCG or MTBVAC vaccination compared to standard intradermal vaccination

MPM Vierboom, K Dijkman, CC Sombroek… - Cell Reports …, 2021 - cell.com
BCG vaccination can strengthen protection against pathogens through the induction of
epigenetic and metabolic reprogramming of innate immune cells, a process called trained …