The Problem of Host and Pathogen Genetic Variability for Developing Strategies of Universally Efficacious Vaccination against and Personalised Immunotherapy of Tuberculosis: Potential Solutions?

Author:

Bretscher Peter A.

Abstract

Rational vaccination against and immunotherapy of any infectious disease requires knowledge of how protective and non-protective immune responses differ, and how immune responses are regulated, so their nature can be controlled. Strong Th1 responses are likely protective against M tuberculosis. Understanding how immune class regulation is achieved is pertinent to both vaccination and treatment. I argue that variables of infection, other than PAMPs, primarily determine the class of immunity generated. The alternative, non-PAMP framework I favour, allows me to propose strategies to achieve efficacious vaccination, transcending host and pathogen genetic variability, to prevent tuberculosis, and personalised protocols to treat disease.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis

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