T cells and adaptive immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in humans

LD Jasenosky, TJ Scriba, WA Hanekom… - Immunological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The adaptive immune response mediated by T cells is critical for control of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) infection in humans. However, the M. tuberculosis antigens …

Immunological biomarkers of tuberculosis

G Walzl, K Ronacher, W Hanekom, TJ Scriba… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Currently there are no sufficiently validated biomarkers to aid the evaluation of new
tuberculosis vaccine candidates, the improvement of tuberculosis diagnostics or the …

Vaccines against tuberculosis: where are we and where do we need to go?

THM Ottenhoff, SHE Kaufmann - PLoS pathogens, 2012 - journals.plos.org
In this review we discuss recent progress in the development, testing, and clinical evaluation
of new vaccines against tuberculosis (TB). Over the last 20 years, tremendous progress has …

Th1 and Th17 cells in tuberculosis: protection, pathology, and biomarkers

IV Lyadova, AV Panteleev - Mediators of inflammation, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The outcome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection ranges from a complete
pathogen clearance through asymptomatic latent infection (LTBI) to active tuberculosis (TB) …

Variability in tuberculosis granuloma T cell responses exists, but a balance of pro-and anti-inflammatory cytokines is associated with sterilization

HP Gideon, JY Phuah, AJ Myers, BD Bryson… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Lung granulomas are the pathologic hallmark of tuberculosis (TB). T cells are a major
cellular component of TB lung granulomas and are known to play an important role in …

Functional capacity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cell responses in humans is associated with mycobacterial load

CL Day, DA Abrahams, L Lerumo… - The Journal of …, 2011 - journals.aai.org
High Ag load in chronic viral infections has been associated with impairment of Ag-specific T
cell responses; however, the relationship between Ag load in chronic Mycobacterium …

Functional Signatures of Human CD4 and CD8 T Cell Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

T Prezzemolo, G Guggino, MP La Manna… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
With 1.4 million deaths and 8.7 million new cases in 2011, tuberculosis (TB) remains a
global health care problem and together with HIV and Malaria represents one of the three …

Polyfunctional responses by human T cells result from sequential release of cytokines

Q Han, N Bagheri, EM Bradshaw… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
The release of cytokines by T cells defines a significant part of their functional activity in vivo,
and their ability to produce multiple cytokines has been associated with beneficial immune …

Update on tuberculosis biomarkers: from correlates of risk, to correlates of active disease and of cure from disease

D Goletti, MR Lee, JY Wang, N Walter… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a devastating disease, yet despite its enormous toll on global
health, tools to control TB are insufficient and often outdated. TB Biomarkers (TB‐BM) would …

Latent tuberculosis infection: myths, models, and molecular mechanisms

NK Dutta, PC Karakousis - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The aim of this review is to present the current state of knowledge on human latent
tuberculosis infection (LTBI) based on clinical studies and observations, as well as …