Pathogenicity and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

KC Rahlwes, BRS Dias, PC Campos… - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis, an infectious
disease with one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Leveraging its …

Targeting mycobacterial membranes and membrane proteins: Progress and limitations

G Kumar, S Kapoor - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Among the various bacterial infections, tuberculosis continues to hold center stage. Its
causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, possesses robust defense mechanisms …

ATG9A protects the plasma membrane from programmed and incidental permeabilization

A Claude-Taupin, J Jia, Z Bhujabal, M Garfa-Traoré… - Nature Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
The integral membrane protein ATG9A plays a key role in autophagy. It displays a broad
intracellular distribution and is present in numerous compartments, including the plasma …

Lipidomic landscape in cancer: Actionable insights for membrane‐based therapy and diagnoses

PK Agarwala, R Aneja, S Kapoor - Medicinal Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer cells display altered cellular lipid metabolism, including disruption in endogenous
lipid synthesis, storage, and exogenous uptake for membrane biogenesis and functions …

Host Cell Targets of Released Lipid and Secreted Protein Effectors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

J Augenstreich, V Briken - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a very successful pathogen, strictly adapted to humans
and the cause of tuberculosis. Its success is associated with its ability to inhibit host cell …

Mycobacterial virulence factors: Surface-exposed lipids and secreted proteins

A Ly, J Liu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The clinically important Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) and related mycobacterial
pathogens use various virulence mechanisms to survive and cause disease in their hosts …

The Lipid Virulence Factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Exert Multilayered Control over Autophagy-Related Pathways in Infected Human Macrophages

A Bah, M Sanicas, J Nigou, C Guilhot… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is an important innate immune defense mechanism that controls Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb) growth inside macrophages. Autophagy machinery targets Mtb-containing …

Phthiocerol Dimycocerosates From Mycobacterium tuberculosis Increase the Membrane Activity of Bacterial Effectors and Host Receptors

J Augenstreich, E Haanappel, F Sayes… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) synthesizes a variety of atypical lipids that are exposed at
the cell surface and help the bacterium infect macrophages and escape elimination by the …

Targeting autophagy as a strategy for developing new vaccines and host-directed therapeutics against mycobacteria

EJ Strong, S Lee - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterial disease is an immense burden worldwide. This disease group includes
tuberculosis, leprosy (Hansen's disease), Buruli Ulcer, and non-tuberculous mycobacterial …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lipid mediated lysosomal rewiring in infected macrophages modulates intracellular Mtb trafficking and survival

K Sachdeva, M Goel, M Sudhakar, M Mehta… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Intracellular pathogens commonly manipulate the host lysosomal system for their survival.
However, whether this pathogen-induced alteration affects the organization and functioning …