Immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis and novel mechanisms of vaccine activity

Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2016 Aug:99 Suppl 1:S3-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2016.05.011. Epub 2016 Jun 16.

Abstract

The 4th Global Forum on TB Vaccines, convened in Shanghai, China, from 21 - 24 April 2015, brought together a wide and diverse community involved in tuberculosis vaccine research and development to discuss the current status of, and future directions for this critical effort. This paper summarizes the sessions on Immunopathogenesis of Tuberculosis, and Immunopathogenesis and Novel Mechanisms of Vaccine Activity. Summaries of all sessions from the 4th Global Forum are compiled in a special supplement of Tuberculosis.

Keywords: Immune correlates; Immunopathogenesis; Tuberculosis; Vaccines.

Publication types

  • Congress

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors / immunology
  • Cytokines / physiology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Down-Regulation / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunity, Cellular / immunology
  • Immunity, Innate / immunology
  • Immunologic Memory / immunology
  • Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology
  • Mice
  • Primates
  • Tuberculosis / immunology*
  • Tuberculosis / prevention & control
  • Tuberculosis Vaccines / immunology*
  • Vaccines, Attenuated / immunology

Substances

  • Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
  • Cytokines
  • Tuberculosis Vaccines
  • Vaccines, Attenuated