5GFTB Highlights: Can we immunologically distinguish LTBI, EPTB and PTB

26th February 2018 Srabanti Rakshit, PhD candidate from the Indian Institute of Science, presented her work which aimed to determine unique T cell features that can distinguish LTBI, PTB and EPTB (Rakshit et al.). M.tb-specific CD4 ....
February 26, 2018
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5GFTB Highlights: Can we induce BCG-mediated long term innate immunity

23rd February 2018 Dr Maziar Divangahi highlighted one of his research groups recent publications (Kauffman et al.,) which aimed to determine if BCG vaccination can induce “long term” immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis..
February 23, 2018
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5GFTB Highlights: Recombinant BCG-Esx1 can induce CD8 T cell responses

22nd February 2018 Dr Matthias I. Gröschel presented data at a plenary session of the 5th Global Forum on TB vaccines conference, on the development of a recombinant Mycobacterium bovis, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) strain.
February 22, 2018
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CD45.1 vs CD45.2 B6 mice more than an isoform difference.

19th February, 2018 Researchers determined differential murine immune response sand survival of CD45.1 and CD45.2 B6 mice infected with  murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), influence A and ...
February 19, 2018
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Potential therapeutic use of H. pylori for asthma

16th February, 2018 Helicobacter pylori is a bacteria that resides in the gut and is well known for its association with gastric ulcers, gastritis and gastric cancer. Recent studies highlight beneficial..
February 16, 2018
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Local signals matters: implication for CD8 T cell function against Leishmania

15th February, 2018 In response to Leishmania infection CD8+ T cells have been shown to produce IFN-γ, an essential cytokine required for control of infection. However, studies have shown that ...
February 15, 2018
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Influenza-specific lung resident CD8+ T cells maintain diverse TCR profiles

12th February, 2018 CD8+ T cell immunity has been shown to induce cross-protective long lived immunity against different influenza strains.
February 12, 2018
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Influenza-specific lung TRM maintain diverse TCR profiles

12th February, 2018 CD8+ T cell immunity has been shown to induce cross-protective long lived immunity against different influenza strains.
February 12, 2018
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ILCs homeostasis in Psoriatic Arthiritis

9th February, 2018 Researchers from Germany and Romania aimed to determine whether immune monitoring of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) can be a potential alternative to biopsies to determine ...
February 9, 2018
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MAITs respond differently to ZIKV and DENV

7th February, 2018 Mucosal associated invariant T cells (MAITs) are a population of innate-like T cells that represent 1-10% of T cells in the blood of healthy adults. MAITs are a unique subset of T cells that recognise ...
February 7, 2018
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