title: Tuberculosis subunit vaccine development: impact of physicochemical properties of mycobacterial test antigens.
abstract: Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to be one of the major public health problems in the world. The eventual control of this disease will require the development of a safe and effective vaccine. One of the approaches receiving a great deal of attention recently is subunit vaccination. An efficacious antituberculous subunit vaccine requires the identification and isolation of key components of the pathogen that are capable of inducing a protective immune response. Clues to identify promising subunit vaccine candidates may be found in their physicochemical and immunobiological properties. In this article, we review the evidence that the physicochemical properties of mycobacterial components can greatly impact the induction of either protective or deleterious immune response and consequently influence the potential utility as an antituberculous subunit vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Division of TB Elimination, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mailstop G35, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
authors.forename: Suraj B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sable
authors.forename: Bonnie B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Plikaytis
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Shinnick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D015195:Drug Design; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines