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Asymptomatic and symptomatic patients may transmit severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), but their clinical features and immune responses remain largely unclear. We aimed to characterise the clinical features and immune responses of asymptomatic and symptomatic patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.

We collected clinical, laboratory and epidemiological records of patients hospitalised in a coronavirus field hospital in Wuhan. We performed qualitative detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) using archived blood samples.

Of 214 patients with SARS-CoV-2, 26 (12%) were asymptomatic at hospital admission and during hospitalisation. Most asymptomatic patients were ≤60years (96%) and females (65%) and had few comorbidities (<16%). Serum levels of white and red blood cells were higher in asymptomatic than in symptomatic patients (
-values<0.05). During hospitalisation, IgG seroconversion was commonly observed in both asymptomatic and symptomatic -2. Asymptomatic patients may transmit SARS-CoV-2, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and treatment.
There are no vaccines for most of the major invasive
strains causing severe infection in humans. We evaluated the specificity of adaptive T memory cell responses generated after
Typhi exposure in humans against other major invasive
strains sharing capacity for dissemination.

T memory cells from eleven volunteers who underwent controlled oral challenge with

.Typhi were characterised by flow cytometry for cross-reactive cellular cytokine/chemokine effector responses or evidence of degranulation upon stimulation with autologous B-lymphoblastoid cells infected with either
.Typhi,
Paratyphi A (PA),
.Paratyphi B (PB) or an invasive nontyphoidal
strain of the
.Typhimurium serovar (iNTSTy).

Blood T-cell effector memory (T
) responses after exposure to
.Typhi in humans evolve late, peaking weeks after infection in most volunteers. click here Induced multifunctional CD4
Th1 and CD8
T
cells elicited after
.Typhi challenge were cross-reactive with PA, PB and iNTSTy. The magnitude of multifunctional CD4
T
cell responses to
.Typhi correlated with induction of cross-reactive multifunctional CD8
T
cells against PA, PB and iNTSTy. Highly multifunctional subsets and T central memory and T effector memory cells that re-express CD45 (T
) demonstrated less heterologous T-cell cross-reactivity, and multifunctional Th17 elicited after
.Typhi challenge was not cross-reactive against other invasive
.

Gaps in cross-reactive immune effector functions in human T-cell memory compartments were highly dependent on invasive
strain, underscoring the importance of strain-dependent vaccination in the design of T-cell-based vaccines for invasive
.
Gaps in cross-reactive immune effector functions in human T-cell memory compartments were highly dependent on invasive Salmonella strain, underscoring the importance of strain-dependent vaccination in the design of T-cell-based vaccines for invasive Salmonella.
Loss of tumor-inherent type I interferon (IFN) signalling has been closely linked to accelerated metastatic progression via decreased immunogenicity and antitumor immunity. Previous studies in murine models of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) demonstrate that systemic IFN inducers are effective antimetastatic agents, via sustained antitumor CD8
T-cell responses. Repeated systemic dosing with recombinant IFNs or IFN inducers is associated with significant toxicities; hence, the use of alternate intratumoral agents is an active area of investigation. It is critical to investigate the impact of intratumoral agents on subsequent metastatic spread to predict clinical impact.

In this study, the local and systemic impact of the intratumoral Toll-like receptor (TLR) 7/8 agonist 3M-052 alone or in combination with anti-PD1 was evaluated in metastatic TNBC models. The IFN-α receptor (IFNAR1) blocking antibody, MAR1-5A3, along with immune-deficient mice and
assays are utilised to examine the key targets of this agent that are critical for an antimetastatic response.

Single intratumoral administration of 3M-052 reduced mammary tumor growth, induced a T-cell-inflamed tumor microenvironment (TME) and reduced metastatic spread to lung. Metastasis suppression was reliant on IFN signalling and an antitumor immune response, in contrast to primary tumor growth inhibition, which was retained in NSG and CD8
T-cell-depleted mice. 3M-052 action was demonstrated via dendritic cell activation and production of type I IFN and other pro-inflammatory cytokines to initiate a T-cell-inflamed TME and promote tumor cell antigen presentation.

This work supports neoadjuvant TLR agonist-based immunotherapeutics as realistic options for immune activation in the TME and long-term metastatic protection in TNBC.
This work supports neoadjuvant TLR agonist-based immunotherapeutics as realistic options for immune activation in the TME and long-term metastatic protection in TNBC.
The development of non-sputum-based assays for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment monitoring is a key priority. Recent data indicate that whole blood-based assays to assess the phenotype of
(Mtb)-specific CD4 T cells hold promise for this purpose and require further investigation in well-characterised TB cohorts. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the phenotypic signature of Mtb-specific CD4 responses, TB disease extent and treatment response.

Using flow cytometry, we measured the expression of phenotypic and functional markers (HLA-DR, CD27, CD153, KLRG1, IL-2, MIP-1β, TNF-α and IFN-γ) on Mtb-specific CD4 T-cells in whole blood from 161 participants of varying TB and HIV status. TB disease extent was graded as a continuum using the Xpert
value, C-reactive protein, Timika radiographic score and monocyte/lymphocyte ratio.

The phenotypic profile of Mtb-specific CD4 T cells pre-anti-tubercular treatment (ATT) strongly correlated with disease extent, irrespective of HIV status. ATT associated with major changes in the phenotype of Mtb-specific CD4 T cells, with decreased expression of HLA-DR and increased CD27 and CD153 expression. Principal component analysis showed an almost complete separation between latent TB infection (LTBI) and active TB (aTB) pre-ATT groups, whereas the profile of the aTB post-ATT group overlapped with the LTBI group. However, in patients experiencing treatment failure or relapse, no significant changes were observed in Mtb-specific CD4 T-cell phenotype pre- and post-ATT.

Whole blood-based assays of Mtb-specific CD4 T-cell activation and maturation markers can be used as non-sputum-based biomarkers of disease extent and treatment monitoring in TB, regardless of HIV-1 status.
Whole blood-based assays of Mtb-specific CD4 T-cell activation and maturation markers can be used as non-sputum-based biomarkers of disease extent and treatment monitoring in TB, regardless of HIV-1 status.
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