title: Early clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a new frontier in prevention.
abstract: Early clearance (EC) is the successful eradication of inhaled Mycobacterium tuberculosis before an adaptive immune response develops. Evidence for EC comes from case contact studies that consistently show that a proportion of heavily exposed individuals do not develop M. tuberculosis infection. Further support for the existence of this phenotype comes from genetic loci associated with tuberculin reactivity. In this review we discuss aspects of the innate response that may underpin EC and hypotheses that can be tested through field laboratory link studies in M. tuberculosis case contacts. Specifically, we consider mechanisms whereby alveolar macrophages recognize and kill intracellular M. tuberculosis, and how other cell types, such as neutrophils, natural killer T cells, mucosa-associated invariant T cells and cd T cells may assist. How EC may be impaired by HIV infection or vitamin D deficiency is also explored. As EC is a form of protective immunity, further study may advance the development of vaccines and immunotherapies to prevent M. tuberculosis infection.
authors.forename: Ayesha J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Verrall
authors.forename: Mihai G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Netea
authors.forename: Bachti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Alisjahbana
authors.forename: Philip C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Reimout
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Crevel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D058491:Bacterial Load; D060085:Coinfection; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D050296:Microbial Viability; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D010641:Phenotype; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D032581:Tuberculosis Vaccines
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