Table 1.

Mtb antigens with identified HLA-DR-permissive CD4+ T-cell stimulatory epitopes.

Protein group	Antigen name	Gene accession no.	kDa	Epitope sequence	Reference
Glyco-lipoprotein	PstS1	Rv0934	38	1–20; 350–369	Jurcevic et al. (22)
Chaperonin stress proteins	α-Crystallin, Acr	Rv2031	16	91–110	Caccamo et al. (25)
	GroEL2, hsp65	Rv0440	65	61–75; 141–155	Mustafa et al. (23)
	GroES	Rv3418c	10	25–40	Chua-Intra et al. (24)
RD-1, ESX family	ESAT-6, EsxA	Rv3875	6	1–20	Tully et al. (27)
	CFP-10, EsxB	Rv3874	10	71–88	Shams et al. (26)
Secreted proteins	Ag85B mycolyl transferase	Rv1886c	30–32	91–108	Valle et al. (28)
	MPB70, mpt70	Rv2875	22	106–130, 166–190	Al-Attiyah et al. (29)
Cell surface	PPE family	Eight genes	3–316	Eight epitopes	Wang et al. (30)