Immunological correlates of protection mediated by a whole organism Cryptococcus neoformans vaccine deficient in chitosan
Charles A. Specht, Ruiying Wang, Lorena V. N. Oliveira, Maureen M. Hester, Christina Gomez, Zhongming Mou, Diana Carlson, Chrono K. Lee, Camaron R. Hole, Woei C. Lam, Rajendra Upadhya, Jennifer K. Lodge, Stuart M. Levitz
This paper identifies CD4+ T cells and their cytokines IFNγ, TNF, and IL-23 as critical for vaccine-mediated protection against Cryptococcus neoformans, with protection retained after vaccination even with CD4+ T cell depletion.
mBio · Jul 9, 2024Peer-reviewedImmunology