TY - JOUR T1 - Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of a Attenuated Salmonella-Vectored Vaccine Expressing Esat6 Against Tuberculosis in Mice AU - Liu, Xudong AU - Wang, Shi AU - Di, Yuan JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 504 EP - 508 PY - 2013 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2013.504.508 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2013.504.508 KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis KW -Salmonella-vectored vaccine KW -Esat6 KW -efficacy KW -cellular immunity AB - It is a need to develop protective vaccines against Tuberculosis (TB) that elicit full immune responses including mucosal immunity. Here an attenuated Salmonella-vectored vaccine expressing Esat6 of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) were constructed. These vaccine were assessed for their immunological efficacy on Specific Pathogen-Free (SPF) mice challenged with Mtb. The experimental data demonstrated that this SL(E6) vaccine and BCG could induce the stronger TB Ag-specific mucosal, humoral and cellular immune responses and exerted high protective efficacy in mice against virulent Mtb H37Rv challenge compared to the other vaccinated groups (mice immunized with Esat6, a DNA vaccine or BCG only). These data may represent a novel promising Salmonella vaccine candidate for the prevention of TB. ER -