Title:The Neuroprotective Role of BCG Vaccine in Movement Disorders: A Review
Volume: 23
Issue: 1
Author(s): Narhari Gangaram Yedke and Puneet Kumar*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacology Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India
Keywords:
BCG vaccine, neuroprotection, movement disorders, neuroinflammation, autoimmunity, PD.
Abstract: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is the first developed vaccine to prevent tuberculosis (TB)
and is the world's most widely used vaccine. It has a reconcilable defense in opposition to tuberculosis,
meningitis, and miliary disease in children but changeable protection against pulmonary TB. Immune
activation is responsible for regulating neural development by activating it. The effect of the BCG
vaccine on neuronal disorders due to subordinate immune provocation is useful. BCG vaccine can
prevent neuronal degeneration in different neurological disorders by provoking auto-reactive T-cells.
In the case of TB, CD4+ T-cells effectively protect the immune response by protecting the central defense.
Because of the preceding fact, BCG induces protection by creating precise T-cells like CD4+
T-cells and CD8+ T-cells. Hence, vaccination-induced protection generates specific T-cells and CD4+
T-cells, and CD8+ T-cells. The BCG vaccine may have an essential effect on motor disorders and play
a crucial role in neuroprotective management. The present review describes how the BCG vaccine
might be interrelated with motor disorders and play a key role in such diseases.