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. 1988 Jun;85(12):4267-70.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.85.12.4267.

Stress proteins are immune targets in leprosy and tuberculosis

D Young  1 , R Lathigra, R Hendrix, D Sweetser, R A Young
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Stress proteins are immune targets in leprosy and tuberculosis

D Young et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 Jun.

Abstract

To understand the immune response to infection by tuberculosis and leprosy bacilli and to develop improved vaccines, the nature of antigens that are involved in humoral and cell-mediated immunity was investigated. We have determined that five immunodominant protein antigens under study are homologues of stress proteins. This finding and observations with other pathogens suggest that infectious agents may respond to the host environment by producing stress proteins and that these proteins can be important immune targets. We postulate that abundant and highly conserved stress proteins may have "immunoprophylactic" potential for a broad spectrum of human pathogens.

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