title: To Be or Not Be a (Functional) Antibody Against TB.
abstract: In this issue of Cell, Lu et al. provide important insights on the efficacy of human antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and on how functional heterogeneity of the antibody response may explain a century of contradictory evidence for the role of humoral immunity in defense against tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: acasade1@jhu.edu.
authors.forename: Arturo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Casadevall
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D056724:Immunity, Humoral; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007136:Immunoglobulins