February 2018

5GFTB Highlights: Can we immunologically distinguish LTBI, EPTB and PTB

26th February 2018 Srabanti Rakshit, PhD candidate from the Indian Institute of Science, presented her work which aimed to determine unique T cell features that can distinguish LTBI, PTB and…

ChelekaFebruary 26, 2018

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5GFTB Highlights: Can we induce BCG-mediated long term innate immunity

23rd February 2018 Dr Maziar Divangahi highlighted one of his research groups recent publications (Kauffman et al.,) which aimed to determine if BCG vaccination can induce “long term” immunity against…

ChelekaFebruary 23, 2018

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5GFTB Highlights: Recombinant BCG-Esx1 can induce CD8 T cell responses

22nd February 2018 Dr Matthias I. Gröschel presented data at a plenary session of the 5th Global Forum on TB vaccines conference, on the development of a recombinant Mycobacterium bovis,…

ChelekaFebruary 22, 2018

Lab mouse of strain C57BL/6, female, 22 months of age, while eating a crumb of cake. Au: Alex Weingarten, Wikimedia Commons

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CD45.1 vs CD45.2 B6 mice more than an isoform difference.

19th February, 2018 Researchers determined differential murine immune response sand survival of CD45.1 and CD45.2 B6 mice infected with murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV), influence A and ...

ChelekaFebruary 19, 2018

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Potential therapeutic use of H. pylori for asthma

16th February, 2018 Helicobacter pylori is a bacteria that resides in the gut and is well known for its association with gastric ulcers, gastritis and gastric cancer. Recent studies highlight…

ChelekaFebruary 16, 2018

Bone marrow aspiration: Leishmaniasis (Leishmania sp.) in liver transplant recipient. Paulo Henrique Orlandi Mourao. Wikimedia Commons.

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Local signals matters: implication for CD8 T cell function against Leishmania

15th February, 2018 In response to Leishmania infection CD8+ T cells have been shown to produce IFN-γ, an essential cytokine required for control of infection. However, studies have shown that…

ChelekaFebruary 15, 2018

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Influenza-specific lung resident CD8+ T cells maintain diverse TCR profiles

12th February, 2018 CD8+ T cell immunity has been shown to induce cross-protective long lived immunity against different influenza strains.

ChelekaFebruary 12, 2018

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Influenza-specific lung TRM maintain diverse TCR profiles

12th February, 2018 CD8+ T cell immunity has been shown to induce cross-protective long lived immunity against different influenza strains.

ChelekaFebruary 12, 2018

Psoriatic arthritis. Source: James Heilman, MD, Wikimedia Commons

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ILCs homeostasis in Psoriatic Arthiritis

9th February, 2018 Researchers from Germany and Romania aimed to determine whether immune monitoring of innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) can be a potential alternative to biopsies to determine ...

ChelekaFebruary 9, 2018

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MAITs respond differently to ZIKV and DENV

7th February, 2018 Mucosal associated invariant T cells (MAITs) are a population of innate-like T cells that represent 1-10% of T cells in the blood of healthy adults. MAITs are…

ChelekaFebruary 7, 2018

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H5VLP-GLASE unlike H5VLP-alum induces both Ab and T cell responses

5th February, 2018 High antibody titres, specifically high hemagglutinination inhibition (HI) is a major criteria driving the licensure of egg-based inactivated influenza vaccines.

ChelekaFebruary 5, 2018

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Non-cytotoxic function of HIV-specific rectal CD8+T cells

2nd February, 2018 The Gastrointestinal mucosa is a major site of HIV transmission and pathogenesis. CD8 T cells play a major role in viral immunity against HIV infection. However, the…

ChelekaFebruary 2, 2018

5GFTB Highlights: Can we immunologically distinguish LTBI, EPTB and PTB

5GFTB Highlights: Can we induce BCG-mediated long term innate immunity

5GFTB Highlights: Recombinant BCG-Esx1 can induce CD8 T cell responses

CD45.1 vs CD45.2 B6 mice more than an isoform difference.

Potential therapeutic use of H. pylori for asthma

Local signals matters: implication for CD8 T cell function against Leishmania

Influenza-specific lung resident CD8+ T cells maintain diverse TCR profiles

Influenza-specific lung TRM maintain diverse TCR profiles

ILCs homeostasis in Psoriatic Arthiritis

MAITs respond differently to ZIKV and DENV

H5VLP-GLASE unlike H5VLP-alum induces both Ab and T cell responses

Non-cytotoxic function of HIV-specific rectal CD8+T cells

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