Pasteur Institute of Brussels
Data from Belgium, Japan and the South Africa advance knowledge in tuberculosis research
Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 19th, 2006
Study 1: Partial reconstitution of the CD4+-T-cell compartment in CD4 gene knockout mice restores responses to tuberculosis DNA vaccines.
According to recent research published in the journal Infection and Immunity, "Reactivation tuberculosis (TB) is a serious problem in immunocompromised individuals, especially those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection. The adaptive immune response mediated by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells is known to confer protection against TB. Hence, vaccines against TB are designed to activate these two components of the...
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