| Literature DB >> 6806175 |
E Ribi, D L Granger, K C Milner, K Yamamoto, S M Strain, R Parker, R W Smith, W Brehmer, I Azuma.
Abstract
Factors contributing to protection against experimental tuberculosis have been studied with refined and well characterized fractions from mycobacteria and with certain unrelated antigens. Mice were vaccinated intravenously with various combinations of materials presented on minute oil droplets in saline emulsions and were later challenged by aerosol. The minimal composition of an effective vaccine was P3 (a trehalose mycolate similar to cord factor) plus an antigen, which could be tuberculoprotein, or a low-molecular-weight tuberculin-active peptide, or unrelated antigen such as bovine serum albumin or bacterial endotoxin. Development of a hypersensitivity granuloma in the lungs appeared to be essential to protection in this laboratory model.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6806175 PMCID: PMC1555377
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunology ISSN: 0019-2805 Impact factor: 7.397