December 2020 Publications
New tuberculosis vaccines: advances in clinical development and modelling. Weerasuriya CK, Clark RA, White RG, Harris RC. J Intern Med. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1111/joim.13197.
Is mapping the BCG vaccine-induced immune responses the key to improving the efficacy against tuberculosis? Kuan R, Muskat K, Peters B, Lindestam Arlehamn CS. J Intern Med. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1111/joim.13191. Epub 2020 Nov 19.
Emerging patterns of regulatory T cell function in tuberculosis. Ahmed A, Vyakarnam A.Clin Exp Immunol. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1111/cei.13488. Epub 2020 Sep 6.
Analysis of the Efficiency of Different Antituberculous Drugs and Approaches to Treat BCG-Induced Granulomatosis in Mice and Abundance and Localization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Liver. Sinyavskaya AM, Shkurupy VA, Troitskii AV, Kovner AM. Bull Exp Biol Med. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1007/s10517-020-05041-y. Epub 2020 Dec 3.
DNA Based Vaccines against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: Recent Progress in Vaccine Development and Delivery System. Mobed A. Iran J Immunol. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.22034/iji.2020.87480.1806.
Paradigm shift in efforts to end TB by 2025. Sachdeva KS, Parmar M, Rao R, Chauhan S, Shah V, Pirabu R, Balasubramaniam D, Vadera B, Anand S, Mathew M, Solanki H, Sundar VV. Indian J Tuberc. 2020 Dec. Epub 2020 Nov 10.
Good old BCG – what a century-old vaccine can contribute to modern medicine. Locht C, Lerm M. J Intern Med. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1111/joim.13195.
Integrated transcriptomic and quantitative proteomic analysis identifies potential RNA sensors that respond to the Ag85A DNA vaccine. Zhai J, Gao W, Zhao L, Lu C. Microb Pathog. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104487. Epub 2020 Sep 10.
BCG scarring and improved child survival: a combined analysis of studies of BCG scarring. Benn CS, Roth A, Garly ML, Fisker AB, Schaltz-Buchholzer F, Timmermann A, Berendsen M, Aaby P. J Intern Med. 2020 Dec. doi: 10.1111/joim.13084. Epub 2020 May 25.
Vaccination with Intradermal Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Provides Robust Protection against Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis but Not Pulmonary Infection in Cynomolgus Macaques. Tsujimura Y, Shiogama Y, Soma S, Okamura T, Takano J, Urano E, Murakata Y, Kawano A, Yamakawa N, Asaka MN, Matsuo K, Yasutomi Y. J Immunol. 2020 Dec 1. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000386. Epub 2020 Oct 23.
Fusion Cytokines IL-7-Linker-IL-15 Promote Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine to Induce Central Memory like T Cell-Mediated Immunity. Bai C, Zhou L, Tang J, He J, Han J, Niu H, Zhu B. Vaccines (Basel). 2020 Dec 1. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040715.
Fusion Cytokines IL-7-Linker-IL-15 Promote Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine to Induce Central Memory like T Cell-Mediated Immunity.Bai C, Zhou L, Tang J, He J, Han J, Niu H, Zhu B. Vaccines (Basel). 2020 Dec 1. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040715.
Key recent advances in TB vaccine development and understanding of protective immune responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.Scriba TJ, Netea MG, Ginsberg AM. Semin Immunol. 2020 Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.smim.2020.101431. Online ahead of print.
Development of a formulation platform for a spray-dried, inhalable tuberculosis vaccine candidate.Gomez M, McCollum J, Wang H, Ordoubadi M, Jar C, Carrigy NB, Barona D, Tetreau I, Archer M, Gerhardt A, Press C, Fox CB, Kramer RM, Vehring R.Int J Pharm. 2020 Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.120121. Online ahead of print.
Development of a formulation platform for a spray-dried, inhalable tuberculosis vaccine candidate. Gomez M, McCollum J, Wang H, Ordoubadi M, Jar C, Carrigy NB, Barona D, Tetreau I, Archer M, Gerhardt A, Press C, Fox CB, Kramer RM, Vehring R. Int J Pharm. 2020 Dec 2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.120121. Online ahead of print.
NOD2/RIG-I Activating Inarigivir Adjuvant Enhances the Efficacy of BCG Vaccine Against Tuberculosis in Mice. Khan A, Singh VK, Mishra A, Soudani E, Bakhru P, Singh CR, Zhang D, Canaday DH, Sheri A, Padmanabhan S, Challa S, Iyer RP, Jagannath C. Front Immunol. 2020 Dec 7. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.592333. eCollection 2020.
The TB vaccine development pathway – An innovative approach to accelerating global TB vaccine development. Roordink D, Williams A, Fritzell B, Laddy DJ, Gerdil E, Graffin AM, Tait D, van der Pol L, van den Brink I, Holleman M, Thole J, Voss G, Lempicki M, Thiry G. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2020 Dec 8. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2020.102040. Online ahead of print.
Safety and immunogenicity of the adjunct therapeutic vaccine ID93 + GLA-SE in adults who have completed treatment for tuberculosis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2a trial.Day TA, Penn-Nicholson A, Luabeya AKK, Fiore-Gartland A, Du Plessis N, Loxton AG, Vergara J, Rolf TA, Reid TD, Toefy A, Shenje J, Geldenhuys H, Tameris M, Mabwe S, Bilek N, Bekker LG, Diacon A, Walzl G, Ashman J, Frevol A, Sagawa ZK, Lindestam Arlehamn C, Sette A, Reed SG, Coler RN, Scriba TJ, Hatherill M; TBVPX-203 study team. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Dec 8. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30319-2. Online ahead of print.
Evaluation of the effect of T regulatory cell depletion and donor BCG vaccination on Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra infection using an in vitro model of human PBMC infection. Bhavanam S, Rayat GR, Keelan M, Kunimoto D, Drews SJ.Pathog Dis. 2020 Dec 9. doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftaa068.
BCG Vaccination of Infants Confers Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain-Specific Immune Responses by Leukocytes. Subbian S, Singh P, Kolloli A, Nemes E, Scriba T, Hanekom WA, Kaplan G. ACS Infect Dis. 2020 Dec 11. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00696. Epub 2020 Nov 23.
Immunological basis of early clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: the role of natural killer cells. Abebe F. Clin Exp Immunol. 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1111/cei.13565. Online ahead of print.
Protective efficacy of an attenuated Mtb deltaLprG vaccine in mice. Martinot AJ, Blass E, Yu J, Aid M, Mahrokhian SH, Cohen SB, Plumlee CR, Larocca RA, Siddiqi N, Wakabayashi S, Gardner M, Audette R, Devorak A, Urdahl KB, Rubin EJ, Barouch DH. PLoS Pathog. 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009096. eCollection 2020 Dec.
Preclinical evaluation of tuberculosis vaccine candidates: Is it time to harmonize study design and readouts for prioritizing their development? Flores-Valdez MA, Segura-Cerda CA. Vaccine. 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.073. Online ahead of print.
Systematic evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins for antigenic properties identifies Rv1485 and Rv1705c as potential protective subunit vaccine candidates. Wang Y, Li Z, Wu S, Fleming J, Li C, Zhu G, Chen B, Ren B, Wang X, Du B, Li P, Hu P, Yang J, Liu Y, Zhou C, Zhang XE, Bi L, Zhang H, Yang J, Zhang Z. Infect Immun. 2020 Dec 14. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00585-20. Online ahead of print.
Recent Advances in the Development of Protein- and Peptide-Based Subunit Vaccines against Tuberculosis. Bellini C, Horváti K.Cells. 2020 Dec 15. doi: 10.3390/cells9122673.
Efficient 5-OP-RU-Induced Enrichment of Mucosa-Associated Invariant T Cells in the Murine Lung Does Not Enhance Control of Aerosol Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. Vorkas CK, Levy O, Skular M, Li K, Aubé J, Glickman MS. Infect Immun. 2020 Dec 15. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00524-20. Print 2020 Dec 15.
A Review of Adherence and Predictors of Adherence to the CONSORT Statement in the Reporting of Tuberculosis Vaccine Trials. Ngah VD, Mazingisa AV, Zunza M, Wiysonge CS. Vaccines (Basel). 2020 Dec 16. doi: 10.3390/vaccines8040770.
The immune landscape in tuberculosis reveals populations linked to disease and latency.Esaulova E, Das S, Singh DK, Choreño-Parra JA, Swain A, Arthur L, Rangel-Moreno J, Ahmed M, Singh B, Gupta A, Fernández-López LA, de la Luz Garcia-Hernandez M, Bucsan A, Moodley C, Mehra S, García-Latorre E, Zuniga J, Atkinson J, Kaushal D, Artyomov MN, Khader SA. Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 16. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.11.013. Online ahead of print.
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as a Potential Platform for Vaccine Development against Tuberculosis.Montalvo-Quirós S, Vallet-Regí M, Palacios A, Anguita J, Prados-Rosales RC, González B, Luque-Garcia JL. Pharmaceutics. 2020 Dec 16. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12121218.
Spectrum of Inborn errors of immunity in a cohort of 90 patients presenting with complications to BCG vaccination in India. Yadav RM, Dalvi A, Gupta M, Bargir UA, Shabrish S, Aluri J, Kulkarni M, Hule G, Kambli P, Setia P, Jodhawat N, Taur P, Desai M, Madkaikar MR. Scand J Immunol. 2020 Dec 16. doi: 10.1111/sji.13010. Online ahead of print.
Identification and in silico functional prediction of lineage-specific SNPs distributed in DosR-related proteins and resuscitation-promoting factor proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tantivitayakul P, Juthayothin T, Ruangchai W, Smittipat N, Disratthakit A, Mahasirimongkol S, Tokunaga K, Palittapongarnpim P. Heliyon. 2020 Dec 18. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05744. eCollection 2020 Dec.
Self-assembled particulate vaccine elicits strong immune responses and reduces Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in mice.Gupta SK, Parlane NA, Luo D, Rehm BHA, Heiser A, Buddle BM, Wedlock DN. Sci Rep. 2020 Dec 18. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79407-7.
Mycobacterium ulcerans-specific immune response after immunisation with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. Pittet LF, Tebruegge M, Dutta B, Donath S, Messina N, Casalaz D, Hanekom WA, Britton WJ, Robins-Browne R, Curtis N, Ritz N; BCG Immune Response Study (BIRS) group. Vaccine. 2020 Dec 25. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.11.045. Online ahead of print.