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Immunization
Research on immunization discussed by scientists at Chiba University, Medical Department
September 16th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal International Immunology, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis (tubercle bacilli) and the related acid-fast bacteria including Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmett-Guerin ( BCG) have a characteristic cell wall (CW) containing various lipoglycans and glycolipids. Such lipoglycans have been reported to activate type-I inflammatory responses via dendritic cells (DCs) through Toll-like receptor 2. In this study, lipoglycans, lipoarabinomannan ( LAM), lipomannan (LM) and phosphatidylinositol mannoside (PIM), were purified from the CW fractions of M. bovis BCG Tokyo-172, and the effect on the differentiation of human peripheral blood naive CD4 T...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-16)
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