Mycobacterial proteins--immune targets for antituberculous subunit vaccine.
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1999-12-24
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Cellular and humoral immunity induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis has led to identification of newer vaccine candidates, but despite this, many questions concerning the protection against tuberculosis remain unanswered. Recent progress in this field has centered on T cell subset responses and cytokines that these cells secrete. There has been a steady progress in identification and characterization of several classes of major mycobacterial proteins which includes secretory/export proteins, cell wall associated proteins, heat shock proteins and cytoplasmic proteins. The protein antigens are now believed to represent the key protective immunity inducing antigens in the bacillus. In this review, various mycobacterial protein antigens of vaccination potential are compared for their efficacy in light of current immunological knowledge.
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Dhiman N, Khuller GK. Mycobacterial proteins--immune targets for antituberculous subunit vaccine. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. 1999 Dec; 37(12): 1157-66