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Implicated mycobacterial lipids include, among others, the so-called cord factor or trehalose dimycolate, but limited information is available regarding the precise molecular nature of the stimulatory components responsible for the interaction with human APCs. In this regard, the majority of research aimed at identifying and characterizing individual immunostimulatory mycobacterial lipids has been performed in the murine system using bone marrow-derived dendritic cells. In this study, it is documented that potent immunostimulatory activity lies within the bacillus Calmette-Gu\u00e9rin nonpolar lipid class. This activity can be narrowed down to a remarkably simple monomycolyl glycerol (MMG) with the ability to stimulate human dendritic cells as assessed by enhanced expression of activation markers and the release of proinflammatory cytokines. A synthetic analog of MMG based on 32 carbons (C32) was found to exhibit comparable levels of immunostimulatory activities. Immunization of mice with the tuberculosis vaccine candidate, Ag85B-ESAT-6, in MMG or the synthetic analog using cationic liposomes as the delivery vehicle was found to give rise to a prominent Th1 response characterized by significant levels of IFN-\u03b3. 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