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ArticleBioMed research international2014

Protective effect of a lipid-based preparation from Mycobacterium smegmatis in a murine model of progressive pulmonary tuberculosis.

Maria de los Angeles García, Reinier Borrero, Maria E Lanio, Yanely Tirado, Nadine Alvarez, Alina Puig, Alicia Aguilar, Liem Canet, Dulce Mata Espinoza, Jorge Barrios Payán and 4 more

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Article in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections: current state and future management.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2020
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  6. Induction ofFrontiers in immunology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Maria de los Angeles GarcíaInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba.
Reinier BorreroInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba.ORCID 0000-0003-0679-7973
Maria E LanioCenter for Protein Studies, Faculty of Biology, Havana University, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
Yanely TiradoInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba.
Nadine AlvarezInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba.
Alina PuigInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba.
Alicia AguilarInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba.
Liem CanetCenter for Protein Studies, Faculty of Biology, Havana University, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
Dulce Mata EspinozaInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 14000 México, DF, Mexico.
Jorge Barrios PayánInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 14000 México, DF, Mexico.
María Elena SarmientoInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba ; School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Rogelio Hernández-PandoInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, 14000 México, DF, Mexico.
Mohd-Nor NorazmiSchool of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia ; Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Armando AcostaInstituto Finlay, 11600 Havana, Cuba ; Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Finlay Institute · CUInstituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán · MXUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversity of Havana · CU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A more effective vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) is urgently needed. Based on its high genetic homology with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the nonpathogenic mycobacteria, Mycobacterium smegmatis (Ms), could be an attractive source of potential antigens to be included in such a vaccine. We evaluated the capability of lipid-based preparations obtained from Ms to provide a protective response in Balb/c mice after challenge with Mtb H37Rv strain. The intratracheal model of progressive pulmonary TB was used to assess the level of protection in terms of bacterial load as well as the pathological changes in the lungs of immunized Balb/c mice following challenge with Mtb. Mice immunized with the lipid-based preparation from Ms either adjuvanted with Alum (LMs-AL) or nonadjuvanted (LMs) showed significant reductions in bacterial load (P < 0.01) compared to the negative control group (animals immunized with phosphate buffered saline (PBS)). Both lipid formulations showed the same level of protection as Bacille Calmette and Guerin (BCG). Regarding the pathologic changes in the lungs, mice immunized with both lipid formulations showed less pneumonic area when compared with the PBS group (P < 0.01) and showed similar results compared with the BCG group. These findings suggest the potential of LMs as a promising vaccine candidate against TB.

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ImmunizationVaccinationAnimalsAntigens, BacterialBCG VaccineDisease Models, AnimalHumansLipidsLungMiceMycobacterium smegmatisMycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosis, PulmonaryAntigens, BacterialBCG VaccineLipids

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PMID25548767
PMCPMC4274834
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