100 years of Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin

C Lange, P Aaby, MA Behr, PR Donald… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG), an experimental vaccine
designed to protect cattle from bovine tuberculosis, was administered for the first time to a …

What have we learnt about BCG vaccination in the last 20 years?

HM Dockrell, SG Smith - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
A number of new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines have been or are entering clinical trials, which
include genetically modified mycobacteria, mycobacterial antigens delivered by viral …

The BCG vaccine for COVID-19: first verdict and future directions

M Gonzalez-Perez, R Sanchez-Tarjuelo… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite of the rapid development of the vaccines against the severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it will take several months to have enough doses …

[PDF][PDF] Galleria mellonella–intracellular bacteria pathogen infection models: the ins and outs

M Asai, Y Li, SM Newton, BD Robertson… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Galleria mellonella (greater wax moth) larvae are used widely as surrogate infectious
disease models, due to ease of use and the presence of an innate immune system …

[HTML][HTML] Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine: a global assessment of demand and supply balance

T Cernuschi, S Malvolti, E Nickels, M Friede - Vaccine, 2018 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, several countries across all regions, income groups and procurement
methods have been unable to secure sufficient BCG vaccine supply. While the frequency of …

[HTML][HTML] Bladder cancer immunotherapy by BCG is associated with a significantly reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease

D Klinger, BL Hill, N Barda, E Halperin, ON Gofrit… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) is a live attenuated form of Mycobacterium bovis that was
developed 100 years ago as a vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) and has been used ever …

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 …

The enigmatic PE/PPE multigene family of mycobacteria and tuberculosis vaccination

MJ Brennan - Infection and immunity, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for the disease
tuberculosis, contains an unusual family of abundant antigens (PE/PPEs). To date, certain …

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome at 25 years: lessons and lingering questions

BN Koleske, WR Jacobs… - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
First achieved in 1998 by Cole et al., the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis continues to provide an invaluable resource to understand tuberculosis (TB) …

Tuberculosis susceptibility and vaccine protection are independently controlled by host genotype

CM Smith, MK Proulx, AJ Olive, D Laddy, BB Mishra… - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and the immunological response to
the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine are highly variable in humans. Deciphering the …