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ReviewSpringer seminars in immunopathology1997

Genetic vaccination against tuberculosis.

D B Lowrie, C L Silva, R E Tascon

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Review in Springer seminars in immunopathology, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Heat shock proteins in immune reactions.Folia microbiologica · 1999
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

D B LowrieNational Institute for Medical Research, London, UK.
C L Silva
R E Tascon
National Institute for Medical Research · TZUniversidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New weapons are needed in the fight against tuberculosis. Recent research indicates that a vaccine better than BCG may be within reach. A diverse range of protein antigens can give encouragingly high levels of protective immunity in animal models when administered with adjuvants or as DNA vaccines. Accelerated arrest of bacterial multiplication followed by sustained decline in bacterial numbers are key parameters of protection and so the vaccine must target antigens produced by both actively multiplying and growth-inhibited bacteria. Consistent with this, the protective antigens have been found among secreted and stress proteins (e.g. Ag85, ESAT-6, hsp65, hsp70). Species-specific antigens are not needed, hence these remain available for diagnostic tests. Adoptive transfer of protection from vaccinated or infected mice into naive mice by transfer of purified T cells and clones shows that protection is expressed by antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells that produce interferon-gamma and lyse infected macrophages. These cells are produced in response to endogenous antigen. DNA vaccination appears to be an excellent way of generating these cells and may be able to give long-lasting protection.

Indexed as

Bacterial VaccinesVaccines, DNAAnimalsAntigen-Presenting CellsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBCG VaccineChildCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansInterferon-gammaLymphokinesMacaca fascicularisMacrophagesMiceMycobacterium tuberculosisAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesBCG VaccineInterferon-gammaLymphokinesVaccines, DNA

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PMID9406344
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