Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Guest Editors: James A. Triccas, Nathalie Winter, Carl G. Feng, and Nicholas P. West- Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, James A. Triccas, Nathalie Winter, Carl G. Feng, and Nicholas P. West
Editorial (2 pages), Article ID 406549, Volume 2011 (2011) - Induction of Granulysin and Perforin Cytolytic Mediator Expression in 10-Week-Old Infants Vaccinated with BCG at Birth, Patricia L. Semple, Marcia Watkins, Virginia Davids, Alan M. Krensky, Willem A. Hanekom, Gilla Kaplan, and Stanley Ress
Research Article (10 pages), Article ID 438463, Volume 2011 (2011) - Exogenous Control of the Expression of Group I CD1 Molecules Competent for Presentation of Microbial Nonpeptide Antigens to
Human T Lymphocytes, Angelo Aquino, Grazia Graziani, Ornella Franzese, Salvatore P. Prete, Enzo Bonmassar, Laura Bonmassar, and Stefania D'Atri
Review Article (27 pages), Article ID 790460, Volume 2011 (2011) - Immunopathology of Postprimary Tuberculosis: Increased T-Regulatory Cells and DEC-205-Positive Foamy Macrophages in Cavitary Lesions, Kerry J. Welsh, Semyon A. Risin, Jeffrey K. Actor, and Robert L. Hunter
Research Article (9 pages), Article ID 307631, Volume 2011 (2011) - Treatment of Disseminated Mycobacterial Infection with High-Dose IFN-γ in a Patient with IL-12Rβ1 Deficiency, Abdullah A. Alangari, Fahad Al-Zamil, Abdulrahman Al-Mazrou, Saleh Al-Muhsen, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis, Sitalbanat Awadallah, Abdelmageed Kambal, and Jean-Laurent Casanova
Research Article (5 pages), Article ID 691956, Volume 2011 (2011) - γδ T Cells Cross-Link Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, Serena Meraviglia, Sary El Daker, Francesco Dieli, Federico Martini, and Angelo Martino
Review Article (11 pages), Article ID 587315, Volume 2011 (2011) - Innate Immune Effectors in Mycobacterial Infection, Hiroyuki Saiga, Yosuke Shimada, and Kiyoshi Takeda
Review Article (8 pages), Article ID 347594, Volume 2011 (2011) - Clustering of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cases in Acapulco: Spoligotyping and Risk Factors, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, Yolanda López-Vidal, Eva Harris, Arcadio Morales-Pérez, Steven Mitchell, Miguel Flores-Moreno, Ascencio Villegas-Arrizón, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Robert Ledogar, and Neil Andersson
Research Article (12 pages), Article ID 408375, Volume 2011 (2011) - Mycobacteria Infection in Incomplete Transverse Myelitis Is Refractory to Steroids: A Pilot Study, Yanqing Feng, Ning Guo, Junxiu Liu, Xi Chen, Qiaosong Sun, Rong Lai, and Fan Huang
Clinical Study (8 pages), Article ID 501369, Volume 2011 (2011) - Human T Cell and Antibody-Mediated Responses to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Recombinant 85A, 85B, and ESAT-6 Antigens, Gilson C. Macedo, Adriana Bozzi, Helena Rachel Weinreich, Andre Bafica, Henrique C. Teixeira, and Sergio C. Oliveira
Research Article (10 pages), Article ID 351573, Volume 2011 (2011) - Modulation of Cell Death by M. tuberculosis as a Strategy for Pathogen Survival, Markos Abebe, Louise Kim, Graham Rook, Abraham Aseffa, Liya Wassie, Martha Zewdie, Alimuddin Zumla, Howard Engers, Peter Andersen, and T. Mark Doherty
Review Article (11 pages), Article ID 678570, Volume 2011 (2011) - Mycobacterial PE/PPE Proteins at the Host-Pathogen Interface, Samantha L. Sampson
Review Article (11 pages), Article ID 497203, Volume 2011 (2011) - Different Transcriptional Profiles of Human Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells Infected with Distinct Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, Nunzia Sanarico, Alessia Colone, Manuela Grassi, Viviana Speranza, Daniela Giovannini, Antonio Ciaramella, Vittorio Colizzi, and Francesca Mariani
Research Article (14 pages), Article ID 741051, Volume 2011 (2011) - Pathogenesis, Immunology, and Diagnosis of Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, Suhail Ahmad
Review Article (17 pages), Article ID 814943, Volume 2011 (2011) - Expression of Proinflammatory and Regulatory Cytokines via NF-κB and MAPK-Dependent and IFN Regulatory Factor-3-Independent Mechanisms in Human Primary Monocytes Infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Elena Giacomini, Maria Elena Remoli, Marta Scandurra, Valérie Gafa, Manuela Pardini, Lanfranco Fattorini, and Eliana M. Coccia
Research Article (8 pages), Article ID 841346, Volume 2011 (2011) - The Impact of Transcriptomics on the Fight against Tuberculosis: Focus on Biomarkers, BCG Vaccination, and Immunotherapy, Carlos Rodrigo Zárate-Bladés, Celio Lopes Silva, and Geraldo A. Passos
Review Article (6 pages), Article ID 192630, Volume 2011 (2011) - A Spotlight on Liquefaction: Evidence from Clinical Settings and Experimental Models in Tuberculosis, Pere-Joan Cardona
Review Article (9 pages), Article ID 868246, Volume 2011 (2011) - Recombinant HBHA Boosting Effect on BCG-Induced Immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, G. G. Guerrero and C. Locht
Research Article (8 pages), Article ID 730702, Volume 2011 (2011) - Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy against Murine Tuberculosis of a Prime-Boost Regimen with BCG and a DNA Vaccine Expressing ESAT-6 and Ag85A Fusion Protein, Jia Lu, Chun Wang, Zhiguang Zhou, Ying Zhang, Tingting Cao, Chunwei Shi, Zhenhua Chen, Lingxia Chen, Changxue Cai, and Xionglin Fan
Research Article (10 pages), Article ID 617892, Volume 2011 (2011) - Novel Prophylactic Vaccine Using a Prime-Boost Method and Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan-Envelope against Tuberculosis, Masaji Okada, Yoko Kita, Toshihiro Nakajima, Noriko Kanamaru, Satomi Hashimoto, Tetsuji Nagasawa, Yasufumi Kaneda, Shigeto Yoshida, Yasuko Nishida, Hitoshi Nakatani, Kyoko Takao, Chie Kishigami, Shiho Nishimatsu, Yuki Sekine, Yoshikazu Inoue, David N. McMurray, and Mitsunori Sakatani
Research Article (11 pages), Article ID 549281, Volume 2011 (2011) - The M. tuberculosis Phosphate-Binding Lipoproteins PstS1 and PstS3 Induce Th1 and Th17 Responses That Are Not Associated with Protection against M. tuberculosis Infection, Carla Palma, Ralf Spallek, Giovanni Piccaro, Manuela Pardini, Fatima Jonas, Wulf Oehlmann, Mahavir Singh, and Antonio Cassone
Research Article (11 pages), Article ID 690328, Volume 2011 (2011) - Tuberculosis Immunity: Opportunities from Studies with Cattle, W. Ray Waters, Mitchell V. Palmer, Tyler C. Thacker, William C. Davis, Srinand Sreevatsan, Paul Coussens, Kieran G. Meade, Jayne C. Hope, and D. Mark Estes
Review Article (11 pages), Article ID 768542, Volume 2011 (2011) - Biosensing Technologies for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Detection: Status and New Developments, Lixia Zhou, Xiaoxiao He, Dinggeng He, Kemin Wang, and Dilan Qin
Review Article (8 pages), Article ID 193963, Volume 2011 (2011)