B in TB: B Cells as Mediators of Clinically Relevant Immune Responses in Tuberculosis

The protective role of B cells and humoral immune responses in tuberculosis infection has been regarded as inferior to cellular immunity directed to the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. However, B-cell–mediated immune responses in tuberculosis have recently been revisited in the context of B-cell physiology and antigen presentation. We discuss in this review the diverse functions of B cells in tuberculosis, with a focus on their biological and clinical relevance to progression of active disease. We also present the peptide microarray platform as a promising strategy to discover unknown antigenic targets of M. tuberculosis that could contribute to the better understanding of epitope focus of the humoral immune system against M. tuberculosis..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

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Clinical Infectious Diseases - 61(2015) vom: Okt., Seite S225-S234

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rao, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Valentini, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Poiret, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Dodoo, Ernest [VerfasserIn]
Parida, Shreemanta [VerfasserIn]
Zumla, Alimuddin [VerfasserIn]
Brighenti, Susanna [VerfasserIn]
Maeurer, Markus [VerfasserIn]

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44.75

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JST12834282X