T-Cell Turnover Following Vaccination With MVA85A

Summary

This study examines the early immune response to a new vaccine (MVA85A) being developed to combat tuberculosis (TB).

Timeline

Start

2007-10

Primary completion

2010-01

Completion

2010-01

Publications

• Background Macallan DC, Wallace D, Zhang Y, De Lara C, Worth AT, Ghattas H, Griffin GE, Beverley PC, Tough DF. Rapid turnover of effector-memory CD4(+) T cells in healthy humans. J Exp Med. 2004 Jul 19;200(2):255-60. doi: 10.1084/jem.20040341. Epub 2004 Jul 12.
• Background Vukmanovic-Stejic M, Zhang Y, Cook JE, Fletcher JM, McQuaid A, Masters JE, Rustin MH, Taams LS, Beverley PC, Macallan DC, Akbar AN. Human CD4+ CD25hi Foxp3+ regulatory T cells are derived by rapid turnover of memory populations in vivo. J Clin Invest. 2006 Sep;116(9):2423-33. doi: 10.1172/JCI28941.
• Background Asquith B, Zhang Y, Mosley AJ, de Lara CM, Wallace DL, Worth A, Kaftantzi L, Meekings K, Griffin GE, Tanaka Y, Tough DF, Beverley PC, Taylor GP, Macallan DC, Bangham CR. In vivo T lymphocyte dynamics in humans and the impact of human T-lymphotropic virus 1 infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 May 8;104(19):8035-40. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0608832104. Epub 2007 May 1.
• Background McShane H, Pathan AA, Sander CR, Keating SM, Gilbert SC, Huygen K, Fletcher HA, Hill AV. Recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara expressing antigen 85A boosts BCG-primed and naturally acquired antimycobacterial immunity in humans. Nat Med. 2004 Nov;10(11):1240-4. doi: 10.1038/nm1128. Epub 2004 Oct 24.

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