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TB or not to be: what specificities and impact do antibodies have during tuberculosis?

Hermann, Clemens and King, Carolyn G.. (2021) TB or not to be: what specificities and impact do antibodies have during tuberculosis? Oxford Open Immunology, 2 (1). iqab015.

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Abstract

Tuberculosis, an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. The primary barrier to the development of an effective tuberculosis vaccine is our failure to fully understand the fundamental characteristics of a protective immune response. There is an increasing evidence that mobilization of antibody and B cell responses during natural Mtb infection and vaccination play a role in host protection. Several studies have assessed the levels of Mtb-specific antibodies induced during active disease as well as the potential of monoclonal antibodies to modulate bacterial growth in vitro and in vivo . A major limitation of these studies, however, is that the specific antigens capable of eliciting humoral responses are largely unknown. As a result, information about antibody dynamics and function, which might fundamentally transform our understanding of host Mtb immunity, is missing. Importantly, Mtb infection also induces the recruitment, accumulation and colocalization of B and T cells in the lung, which are positively correlated with protection in humans and animal models of disease. These ectopic lymphoid tissues generally support local germinal center reactions for the proliferation and ongoing selection of effector and memory B cells in the mucosa. Efforts to leverage such responses for human health, however, require a more complete understanding of how antibodies and B cells contribute to the local and systemic host Mtb immunity.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Immune Cell Biology (King)
UniBasel Contributors:Hermann, Benedikt Clemens B. and King, Carolyn
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Oxford University Press
e-ISSN:2633-6960
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Last Modified:21 Sep 2021 13:42
Deposited On:21 Sep 2021 13:42

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