Cavitary tuberculosis: the gateway of disease transmission

ME Urbanowski, AA Ordonez… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Tuberculosis continues to be a major threat to global health. Cavitation is a dangerous
consequence of pulmonary tuberculosis associated with poor outcomes, treatment relapse …

Caseum: a niche for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-tolerant persisters

JP Sarathy, V Dartois - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Caseum, the central necrotic material of tuberculous lesions, is a reservoir of drug-
recalcitrant persisting mycobacteria. Caseum is found in closed nodules and in open …

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 …

Pathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Mycobacterium tuberculosis Co-Infection

K Wong, J Nguyen, L Blair, M Banjanin… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Given that infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the leading cause of death
amongst individuals living with HIV, understanding the complex mechanisms by which Mtb …

Mycobacterial control of host mitochondria: bioenergetic and metabolic changes shaping cell fate and infection outcome

K Mohareer, J Medikonda, GR Vadankula… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria, are undoubtedly critical organelle of a eukaryotic cell, which provide energy
and offer a platform for most of the cellular signaling pathways that decide cell fate. The role …

Foam Cells Control Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

P Agarwal, TW Combes, F Shojaee-Moradie… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infects macrophages and macrophage-derived foam
cells, a hallmark of granulomata in tuberculous lesions. We analyzed the effects of lipid …

Fatty acid oxidation of alternatively activated macrophages prevents foam cell formation, but Mycobacterium tuberculosis counteracts this process via HIF-1α …

M Genoula, JL Marin Franco, M Maio… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) to persist inside host cells relies on
metabolic adaptation, like the accumulation of lipid bodies (LBs) in the so-called foamy …

Matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases are potential biomarkers of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

GR Kathamuthu, NP Kumar, K Moideen, D Nair… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMPs) are
potential regulators of tuberculosis (TB) pathology. Whether they are candidates for non …

Modulation of host lipid pathways by pathogenic intracellular bacteria

PE Allen, JJ Martinez - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lipids are a broad group of molecules required for cell maintenance and homeostasis.
Various intracellular pathogens have developed mechanisms of modulating and …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and myeloid-derived suppressor cells: Insights into caveolin rich lipid rafts

LA Kotzé, C Young, VN Leukes, V John, Z Fang… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) is likely the most successful human pathogen, capable of
evading protective host immune responses and driving metabolic changes to support its …