Tuberculosis
Research from McMaster University Yields New Data on Tuberculosis
Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 13th, 2011
2011 APR 13 -- Current study results from the report, 'Pulmonary mucosal dendritic cells in T-cell activation: implications for TB therapy,' have been published. According to a study from Hamilton, Canada, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of pulmonary TB, causes chronic intracellular infection of lung-resident antigen-presenting cells, including macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs). Life-long bacterial control requires robust T-cell immune responses."
"Lung DCs are critical for initiating and co-ordinating adaptive immune responses against TB. The recent description of previously uncharacterized DC subsets has prompted the...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-04-13)
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