Role of a Putative Alkylhydroperoxidase Rv2159c in the Oxidative Stress Response and Virulence of .

, which causes tuberculosis, is one of the leading infectious agents worldwide with a high rate of mortality. Following aerosol inhalation, primarily infects the alveolar macrophages, which results in a host immune response that gradually activates various antimicrobial mechanisms, including the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), within the phagocytes to neutralize the bacteria. is the master regulator of oxidative stress response in several bacterial species.

Dynamic IgG antibody response to immunodominant antigens of M. tuberculosis for active TB diagnosis in high endemic settings.

Background: Even though various techniques have been developed for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), still there is an immense need for a simple, cost effective, highly sensitive and specific test. Hence, one of the possibilities is identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis specific antibodies in infected serum by using specific antigens.

Methods: We tested 10 recombinant M.

In vitro QuantiFERON-TB gold antigen specific interleukin-1beta to diagnose TB among HIV-positive subjects.

Background: The recently introduced IFN-γ release assay (IGRA) has been reported to improve the diagnosis of TB. However, IGRA has suboptimal sensitivity to diagnose TB among HIV co-infected subjects. Apart from IFN-γ, the pro inflammatory cytokines such as Interleukin-1beta (IL-1β), Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), IL-2, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-12 are also play a major role in mycobacterial infections.

PpiA antigen specific immune response is a potential biomarker for latent tuberculosis infection.

One third of the world's population is estimated to harbour latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Around 10% of them have the life time risk of developing active tuberculosis (PTB). Currently there is no gold standard test for identifying LTBI.

Role of QuantiFERON-TB Gold antigen-specific IL-1β in diagnosis of active tuberculosis.

The main objective of the study was to evaluate whether in vitro QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) assay antigen-specific IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8 and IL-12 (p40) production is associated with active TB. In a cohort of 77 pulmonary TB patients (PTB), 67 healthy household contacts (HHC) and 83 healthy control subjects (HCS), the antigen-specific cytokines levels were determined in supernatants generated from QFT-GIT tubes. Antigen-specific IL-1β levels were significantly higher in PTB than HHC and HCS.

Assessing humoral immune response of 4 recombinant antigens for serodiagnosis of tuberculosis.

Serodiagnostic potential of four recombinant proteins (38 kDa[Rv0934], MPT64[Rv1980c], Adk[Rv0733], and BfrB[Rv3874]) was evaluated in Healthy control subjects (HCS), Healthy household contacts (HHC), Pulmonary tuberculosis patients (PTB), and Human immuno deficiency virus & Tuberculosis co-infected patients (HIV-TB). All the antigens tested individually for the detection of serum IgG by indirect ELISA. All the four antigens have a significantly higher antibody response in PTB compared to healthy controls (P < 0.

In silico analysis of potential human T Cell antigens from Mycobacterium tuberculosis for the development of subunit vaccines against tuberculosis.

In silico analysis was used to predict MHC class I and class II promiscuous epitopes and potential antigens, from 24 novel T cell antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Majority of the antigens (16/24) had high affinity peptides to both MHC class I and class II alleles and higher population coverage compared to well-proven T cell antigens ESAT-6, CFP-10 and Ag85B. Among these, highest population coverage were calculated for three novel T cell antigens Rv0733 (97.

Comparison of whole blood and PBMC assays for T-cell functional analysis.

Background: Tuberculosis remains the foremost cause of morbidity and mortality, more than any other single infectious disease in the world. Cell mediated immune response plays a crucial role in the control of tuberculosis. Therefore, measuring cell mediated immune response against the antigens is having a vital role in understanding the pathogenesis of tuberculosis, which will also help in the diagnosis of and vaccination for tuberculosis.

Immunoproteomic identification of human T cell antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that differentiate healthy contacts from tuberculosis patients.

Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens inducing cellular immune responses is required to improve the diagnosis of and vaccine development against tuberculosis. To identify the antigens of M. tuberculosis that differentiated between tuberculosis (TB) patients and healthy contacts based on T cell reactivity, the culture filtrate of in vitro grown M.

Immunological and proteomic analysis of preparative isoelectric focusing separated culture filtrate antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Isolation of the secreted proteins and studying the immune response they induce is an essential prerequisite for understanding the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. In this study, preparative liquid-phase isoelectric focusing was used for the separation of culture filtrate protein (CFP) of M.

Evaluation of the diagnostic potential of region of deletion-1-encoded antigen culture filtrate protein-10 in pulmonary tuberculosis.

The ability of region of deletion-1 (RD-1)-encoded culture filtrate protein-10 (CFP-10) to supplement the sensitivity of 38-kDa antigen was studied using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients and controls. The sensitivities for individual antigens ranged from 50% to 60%, and the specificity was 100% for immunoglobulin (Ig) G alone. When IgA results were added to IgG, the sensitivity increased.