Multifunctional, high-level cytokine-producing Th1 cells in the lung, but not spleen, correlate with protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis aerosol challenge in mice.

Boosting bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-primed mice with a recombinant adenovirus expressing Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ag 85A by different administration routes has very different effects on protection against aerosol challenge with M. tuberculosis. Mice boosted intradermally make very strong splen...

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Main Authors: Forbes, E, Sander, C, Ronan, E, Mcshane, H, Hill, A, Beverley, P, Tchilian, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008