Immunology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections

JK Sia, J Rengarajan - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious global public health challenge that results in significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. TB is caused by infection with the bacilli Mycobacterium …

[PDF][PDF] Mechanisms of M. tuberculosis immune evasion as challenges to TB vaccine design

JD Ernst - Cell host & microbe, 2018 - cell.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a large global health problem, in part because of the long period of
coevolution of the pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and its human host. A major factor …

Interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the host: consequences for vaccine development

JES Dietrich, TM Doherty - Apmis, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), remains a major
worldwide health problem that causes more than 2 million deaths annually. In addition, an …

[HTML][HTML] It takes a village: the multifaceted immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and vaccine-induced immunity

SE Larsen, BD Williams, M Rais, RN Coler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite co-evolving with humans for centuries and being intensely studied for decades, the
immune correlates of protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) have yet to be …

Moving tuberculosis vaccines from theory to practice

P Andersen, TJ Scriba - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) vaccine research has reached a unique point in time. Breakthrough
findings in both the basic immunology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and the …

[PDF][PDF] Antibody-mediated immunity against tuberculosis: implications for vaccine development

JM Achkar, A Casadevall - Cell host & microbe, 2013 - cell.com
There is an urgent need for new and better vaccines against tuberculosis (TB). Current
vaccine design strategies are generally focused on the enhancement of cell-mediated …

Tuberculosis vaccines–rethinking the current paradigm

P Andersen, JS Woodworth - Trends in immunology, 2014 - cell.com
The vaccine discovery paradigm in tuberculosis (TB) has been to mimic the natural immune
response to infection. With an emphasis on interferon (IFN)-γ as the main protective …

The current status, challenges, and future developments of new tuberculosis vaccines

W Gong, Y Liang, X Wu - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex causes tuberculosis (TB), one of the top 10 causes of
death worldwide. TB results in more fatalities than multi-drug resistant (MDR) HIV strain …

Understanding and overcoming the barriers to T cell-mediated immunity against tuberculosis

KB Urdahl - Seminars in immunology, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite the overwhelming success of immunization in reducing, and even eliminating, the
global threats posed by a wide spectrum of infectious diseases, attempts to do the same for …

The Role of B Cells and Humoral Immunity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

L Kozakiewicz, J Phuah, JA Flynn, J Chan - The new paradigm of …, 2013 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious threat to public health, causing 2 million deaths
annually world-wide. The control of TB has been hindered by the requirement of long …