Host‐directed therapy to combat mycobacterial infections

G Kilinç, A Saris, THM Ottenhoff… - Immunological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Upon infection, mycobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) and
nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), are recognized by host innate immune cells, triggering …

New tricks for old dogs: countering antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis with host‐directed therapeutics

TR Hawn, JA Shah, D Kalman - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the availability of M ycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) drugs for over 50 years,
tuberculosis (TB) remains at pandemic levels. New drugs are urgently needed for resistant …

Effects of host‐directed therapies on the pathology of tuberculosis

L Tsenova, A Singhal - The Journal of pathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), has co‐evolved with
the human immune system and utilizes multiple strategies to persist within infected cells, to …

Host-pathogen interaction as a novel target for host-directed therapies in tuberculosis

R Abreu, P Giri, F Quinn - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) has been a transmittable human disease for many thousands of years,
and M. tuberculosis is again the number one cause of death worldwide due to a single …

Host-directed therapy as a novel treatment strategy to overcome tuberculosis: targeting immune modulation

S Ahmed, R Raqib, GH Guðmundsson, P Bergman… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, particularly in
developing countries, presenting a major threat to the public health. The currently …

Host-directed therapeutic strategies for tuberculosis

A Kolloli, S Subbian - Frontiers in medicine, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality in humans worldwide. Currently, the standard treatment for TB …

Host-directed therapies for tuberculosis

DM Tobin - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Host-directed therapies are a relatively new and promising approach to treatment of
tuberculosis. Modulation of specific host immune pathways, including those that impact …

Host directed therapies for tuberculosis: futures strategies for an ancient disease

I Palucci, G Delogu - Chemotherapy, 2018 - karger.com
The emergence and spread of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is
worsening the global threat of tuberculosis (TB). There is a need and urgency for the …

Potential of immunomodulatory agents as adjunct host-directed therapies for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis

A Zumla, M Rao, E Dodoo, M Maeurer - BMC medicine, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is extremely challenging
due to the virulence of the etiologic strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the …

Mycobacterial dormancy systems and host responses in tuberculosis

V Peddireddy, SN Doddam, N Ahmed - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by the intracellular pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb),
claims more than 1.5 million lives worldwide annually. Despite promulgation of multipronged …