The mycobacterial cell envelope—a moving target

CL Dulberger, EJ Rubin, CC Boutte - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the leading cause of death due to infection, has a dynamic and
immunomodulatory cell envelope. The cell envelope structurally and functionally varies …

The status of tuberculosis vaccine development

LK Schrager, J Vekemens, N Drager… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Tuberculosis represents the leading global cause of death from an infectious agent.
Controlling the tuberculosis epidemic thus represents an urgent global public health priority …

CD8+ lymphocytes are critical for early control of tuberculosis in macaques

CG Winchell, SK Nyquist, MC Chao, P Maiello… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
The functional role of CD8+ lymphocytes in tuberculosis remains poorly understood. We
depleted innate and/or adaptive CD8+ lymphocytes in macaques and showed that loss of all …

In vivo inhibition of tryptophan catabolism reorganizes the tuberculoma and augments immune-mediated control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

US Gautam, TW Foreman, AN Bucsan… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to cause devastating levels of mortality due to
tuberculosis (TB). The failure to control TB stems from an incomplete understanding of the …

The cellular architecture of the antimicrobial response network in human leprosy granulomas

F Ma, TK Hughes, RMB Teles, PR Andrade… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Granulomas are complex cellular structures composed predominantly of macrophages and
lymphocytes that function to contain and kill invading pathogens. Here, we investigated the …

Recent advancement, immune responses, and mechanism of action of various vaccines against intracellular bacterial infections

A Ali, A Waris, MA Khan, M Asim, AU Khan, S Khan… - Life Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging and re-emerging bacterial infections are a serious threat to human and animal
health. Extracellular bacteria are free-living, while facultative intracellular bacteria replicate …

Human cytomegalovirus expands a CD8+ T cell population with loss of BCL11B expression and gain of NK cell identity

R Sottile, MK Panjwani, CM Lau, AF Daniyan… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
CD8+ T cells not only are critical mediators of adaptive immunity but also may exhibit innate-
like properties such as surface expression of NKG2C, an activating receptor typically …

Tuberculosis vaccines: Opportunities and challenges

B Zhu, HM Dockrell, THM Ottenhoff, TG Evans… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious disease around the world. Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is
the only TB vaccine licensed for use in human beings, and is effective in protecting infants …

QuantiFERON TB Gold Plus for the diagnosis of tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

G Sotgiu, L Saderi, E Petruccioli, S Aliberti, A Piana… - Journal of Infection, 2019 - Elsevier
Estimated 2017 tuberculosis (TB) incidence is 10 million and mainly depends on the
reservoir of individuals with latent TB infection (LTBI). QuantiferonⓇ-TB Gold in-Tube (QFT …

Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis

J Turner, JB Torrelles - Pathogens and disease, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM), present in all members of the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and in other pathogenic Mycobacterium spp, is a high …