Tuberculosis Vaccine
ProPred analysis can identify antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published in Vaccine Weekly, May 3rd, 2006
According to a study from Kuwait, "In the search for safe vaccine candidates against tuberculosis (TB), subunit vaccines including peptide-based candidates deserve consideration. However, an important requirement for such vaccine candidates is their promiscuous presentation to Th1 cells mediating protective immunity against TB, i.e., Th1 cells secreting IFN-gamma. The aim of the present study was to identify promiscuous Th1 cell epitopes of three major secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, i.e., ESAT-6, CFP10 and MPT70 by using a virtual matrix-based...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-05-03)
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