Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells in space and time

C Bussi, MG Gutierrez - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases with over a billion deaths in the past 200 …

The exploitation of host autophagy and ubiquitin machinery by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in shaping immune responses and host defense during infection

M Shariq, N Quadir, A Alam, S Zarin, JA Sheikh… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Intracellular pathogens have evolved various efficient molecular armaments to subvert
innate defenses. Cellular ubiquitination, a normal physiological process to maintain …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protein PE6 (Rv0335c), a Novel TLR4 Agonist, Evokes an Inflammatory Response and Modulates the Cell Death Pathways in …

N Sharma, M Shariq, N Quadir, J Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) is an intracellular pathogen that exploits moonlighting
functions of its proteins to interfere with host cell functions. PE/PPE proteins utilize host …

PE_PGRS proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A specialized molecular task force at the forefront of host–pathogen interaction

F De Maio, R Berisio, R Manganelli, G Delogu - Virulence, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
To the PE_PGRS protein subfamily belongs a group of surface-exposed mycobacterial
antigens that in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) H37Rv accounts to more than 65 genes …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis and autoimmunity

IV Belyaeva, AN Kosova, AG Vasiliev - Pathophysiology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis remains a common and dangerous chronic bacterial infection worldwide. It is
long-established that pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases is mainly promoted by …

[HTML][HTML] Role of C-terminal domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE6 (Rv0335c) protein in host mitochondrial stress and macrophage apoptosis

Medha, Priyanka, P Bhatt, S Sharma, M Sharma - Apoptosis, 2023 - Springer
PE/PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) target the host organelles to dictate
the outcome of infection. This study investigated the significance of PE6/Rv0335c protein's …

PE_PGRS45 (Rv2615c) protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis perturbs mitochondria of macrophages

Medha, Priyanka, S Sharma… - Immunology and Cell …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The PE_PGRS proteins have coevolved with the antigenic ESX‐V secretory system and are
abundant in pathogenic Mycobacterium. Only a few PE_PGRS proteins have been …

[HTML][HTML] Role of the PE/PPE family in host–pathogen interactions and prospects for anti-tuberculosis vaccine and diagnostic tool design

J Qian, R Chen, H Wang, X Zhang - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The pe/ppe genes are found in pathogenic, slow-growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis and
other M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) species. These genes are considered key factors in …

[HTML][HTML] Virulence Factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as Modulators of Cell Death Mechanisms

LA Ramon-Luing, Y Palacios, A Ruiz… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) modulates diverse cell death pathways to escape the host
immune responses and favor its dissemination, a complex process of interest in …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS19 Induces Pyroptosis through a Non-Classical Caspase-11/GSDMD Pathway in Macrophages

J Qian, Y Hu, X Zhang, M Chi, S Xu, H Wang, X Zhang - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
The PE/PPE protein family commonly exists in pathogenic species, such as Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, suggesting a role in virulence and its maintenance. However, the exact role of …