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A lipidated peptide of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resuscitates the protective efficacy of BCG vaccine by evoking memory T cell immunity.
Journal of translational medicine - 6 Oct 2017
Rai Pradeep K, Chodisetti Sathi Babu, Zeng Weiguang, Nadeem Sajid, Maurya Sudeep K, Pahari Susanta, Janmeja Ashok K, Jackson David C, Agrewala Javed N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The current BCG vaccine induces only short-term protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), suggesting its failure to generate long-lasting memory T cells. Previously, we have demonstrated that a self-adjuvanting peptide of Mtb (L91), successfully generated enduring memory Th1 cells. Consequently, we investigated if L91 was able to recuperate BCG potency in perpetuating the generation of...
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