Glycolipid Antigens from Mycobacterium Genus

Mycobacterial infections, such as Tuberculosis (TB), Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer, are caused by bacteria from the Mycobacterium genus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. leprae and M. ulcerans, respectively. These diseases constitute challenges to global public health, causing death, suffering, economic losses and poverty. This book focused on the chemical synthesis and antigenic activity of mycobacterial glycolipidic epitopes. These chemical synthesized epitopes can help biologists to better understand the mechanisms underlying mycobacterial pathogenicity and to discover new vaccines against mycobacterial infections.

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Jin WANG nasceu na cidade de YiWu, província de ZheJiang, China, em 1985. Obteve o seu doutoramento em Microbiologia na Universidade de Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, em França, em 2015, e é atualmente professor na Universidade de Professores de Yancheng. Os seus interesses de investigação são a química medicinal e a química supramolecular.