Lung Epithelial Signaling Mediates Early Vaccine-Induced CD4 <sup>+</sup> T Cell Activation and <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Control
Shibali Das, Nancy D. Marín, Ekaterina Esaulova, Mushtaq Ahmed, Amanda Swain, Bruce A. Rosa, Makedonka Mitreva, Javier Rangel‐Moreno, et al. (14 authors)
mBio · 2021-07
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death due to single infectious agent accounting 1.4 million deaths each year. The only licensed vaccine, BCG, is not effective due to variable efficacy.
MeSH terms
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Innate immune system
- Immunity
- Immunology
- Immune system
- Tuberculosis
- Vaccination
- Tuberculosis vaccines
- BCG vaccine
- T cell
- Medicine
- Cytokine
- Virology
- Biology