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SUBMITTER: Gopal R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3732523 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gopal R R Rangel-Moreno J J Slight S S Lin Y Y Nawar H F HF Fallert Junecko B A BA Reinhart T A TA Kolls J J Randall T D TD Connell T D TD Khader S A SA
Mucosal immunology 20130109 5
The variable efficacy of tuberculosis (TB) vaccines and the emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) emphasize the urgency for not only generating new and more effective vaccines against TB but also understanding the underlying mechanisms that mediate vaccine-induced protection. We demonstrate that mucosal adjuvants, such as type II heat labile enterotoxin (LT-IIb), delivered through the mucosal route induce pulmonary Mtb-specific T helper type 17 (Th17) responses ...[more]