Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

P Chandra, SJ Grigsby, JA Philips - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, has infected humans for
millennia. M. tuberculosis is well adapted to establish infection, persist in the face of the host …

γδ T cells: origin and fate, subsets, diseases and immunotherapy

Y Hu, Q Hu, Y Li, L Lu, Z Xiang, Z Yin… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
The intricacy of diseases, shaped by intrinsic processes like immune system exhaustion and
hyperactivation, highlights the potential of immune renormalization as a promising strategy …

Immune cell interactions in tuberculosis

JAL Flynn, J Chan - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Despite having been identified as the organism that causes tuberculosis in 1882,
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has managed to still evade our understanding of the protective …

Alveolar macrophages provide an early Mycobacterium tuberculosis niche and initiate dissemination

SB Cohen, BH Gern, JL Delahaye, KN Adams… - Cell host & …, 2018 - cell.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection is initiated in the distal airways, but the bacteria
ultimately disseminate to the lung interstitium. Although various cell types, including alveolar …

The mycobacterial cell envelope—a moving target

CL Dulberger, EJ Rubin, CC Boutte - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2020 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the leading cause of death due to infection, has a dynamic and
immunomodulatory cell envelope. The cell envelope structurally and functionally varies …

Immunology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infections

JK Sia, J Rengarajan - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious global public health challenge that results in significant
morbidity and mortality worldwide. TB is caused by infection with the bacilli Mycobacterium …

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 …

Pathogenesis of HIV-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection

LCK Bell, M Noursadeghi - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Co-infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the leading cause of death in individuals
infected with HIV-1. It has long been known that HIV-1 infection alters the course of M …

Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria

G Weiss, UE Schaible - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages and neutrophils play a decisive role in host responses to intracellular bacteria
including the agent of tuberculosis (TB), M ycobacterium tuberculosis as they represent the …

Macrophage: a cell with many faces and functions in tuberculosis

F Ahmad, A Rani, A Alam, S Zarin, S Pandey… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB) which
primarily infects the macrophages. Nearly a quarter of the world's population is infected …