Incipient and subclinical tuberculosis: a clinical review of early stages and progression of infection

PK Drain, KL Bajema, D Dowdy, K Dheda… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide, due in part to a
limited understanding of its clinical pathogenic spectrum of infection and disease …

The Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-1-Coinfected Persons

H Esmail, C Riou, E du Bruyn, RPJ Lai… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Globally, about 36.7 million people were living with HIV infection at the end of 2015. The
most frequent infection co-occurring with HIV-1 is Mycobacterium tuberculosis—374,000 …

Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis

MA Behr, PH Edelstein, L Ramakrishnan - Bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis Page 1 Revisiting the timetable of tuberculosis OPEN
ACCESS Tuberculosis has a much shorter incubation period than is widely thought, say Marcel …

Tuberculosis and impaired IL-23–dependent IFN-γ immunity in humans homozygous for a common TYK2 missense variant

S Boisson-Dupuis, N Ramirez-Alejo, Z Li, E Patin… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Inherited IL-12Rβ1 and TYK2 deficiencies impair both IL-12–and IL-23–dependent IFN-γ
immunity and are rare monogenic causes of tuberculosis, each found in less than 1/600,000 …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and challenges in TB vaccine development

G Voss, D Casimiro, O Neyrolles, A Williams… - …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Bacille Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine can provide decades of protection
against tuberculosis (TB) disease, and although imperfect, BCG is proof that vaccine …

Complement pathway gene activation and rising circulating immune complexes characterize early disease in HIV-associated tuberculosis

H Esmail, RP Lai, M Lesosky… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The transition between latent and active tuberculosis (TB) occurs before symptom onset.
Better understanding of the early events in subclinical disease will facilitate the development …

The Wonder Years: What Can Primary School Children Teach Us About Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis?

JA Seddon, SS Chiang, H Esmail… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In high burden settings, the risk of infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis increases
throughout childhood due to cumulative exposure. However, the risk of progressing from …

Toxin–antitoxin systems and regulatory mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

RA Slayden, CC Dawson… - Pathogens and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
There has been a significant reduction in annual tuberculosis incidence since the World
Health Organization declared tuberculosis a global health threat. However, treatment of M …

Vitamin D status contributes to the antimicrobial activity of macrophages against Mycobacterium leprae

EW Kim, RMB Teles, S Haile, PT Liu… - PLOS neglected …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The immune system depends on effector pathways to eliminate invading
pathogens from the host in vivo. Macrophages (MΦ) of the innate immune system are armed …

Modelling a silent epidemic: a review of the in vitro models of latent tuberculosis

SER Gibson, J Harrison, JAG Cox - Pathogens, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is the primary cause of death by a single infectious agent; responsible for
around two million deaths in 2016. A major virulence factor of TB is the ability to enter a …