[HTML][HTML] Animal models for tuberculosis in translational and precision medicine

L Zhan, J Tang, M Sun, C Qin - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a health threat to the global population. Anti-TB drugs and vaccines are
key approaches for TB prevention and control. TB animal models are basic tools for …

Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

N Dhar, J McKinney, G Manina - Tuberculosis and the Tubercle …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The terms “genotype” and “phenotype” were coined by the botanist and geneticist Wilhelm
Johannsen at the beginning of the 20th century (1). Both words have a Greek etymology …

A Fluorogenic Trehalose Probe for Tracking Phagocytosed Mycobacterium tuberculosis

T Dai, J Xie, Q Zhu, M Kamariza, K Jiang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Tuberculosis (TB) disease is a global epidemic caused by the pathogenic Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb). Tools that can track the replication status of viable Mtb cells within …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of Lytic Phage Cocktails on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Mixed-Species Planktonic Cultures and Biofilms

LG Kifelew, MS Warner, S Morales, N Thomas… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
The efficacy of phages in multispecies infections has been poorly examined. The in vitro lytic
efficacies of phage cocktails AB-SA01, AB-PA01, which target Staphylococcus aureus and …

Fluorescent Mycobacterium tuberculosis reporters: illuminating host–pathogen interactions

NJ MacGilvary, S Tan - Pathogens and disease, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is intrinsically linked to its intimate
and enduring interaction with its host, and understanding Mtb–host interactions at a …

Assembly-Induced Membrane Selectivity of Artificial Model Peptides through Entropy–Enthalpy Competition

L Wei, W Tu, Y Xu, C Xu, Y Dou, Y Ge, S Sun, Y Wei… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Peptide design and drug development offer a promising solution for combating serious
diseases or infections. In this study, using an AI–human negotiation approach, we have …

DMN-Tre labeling for detection and high-content screening of compounds against intracellular mycobacteria

HA Sahile, C Rens, T Shapira, RJ Andersen… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
4-N, N-Dimethylamino-1, 8-naphthalimide conjugate of trehalose (DMN-Tre) is a fluorogenic
dye recently developed as a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis. DMN-Tre selectively labels the …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reporter Strains as Tools for Drug Discovery and Development

RB Abramovitch - IUBMB life, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Reporter strains have proven to be powerful tools to study Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
physiology. Transcriptional and translational reporter strains are engineered by fusing a …

Heterologous Expression of ethA and katG in Mycobacterium marinum Enables the Rapid Identification of New Prodrugs Active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

VQT Ho, T Verboom, MK Rong, E Habjan… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Screening strategies for antituberculosis compounds using Mycobacterium tuberculosis are
time consuming and require biosafety level 3 (BSL3) facilities, which makes the …

[HTML][HTML] Development and Optimization of Chromosomally-Integrated Fluorescent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Reporter Constructs

K Kolbe, AC Bell, GA Prosser, M Assmann… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis resides in the lungs in various lesion types with unique
microenvironmental conditions. This diversity is in line with heterogeneous disease …