Respiratory tract infections in diabetes–lessons from tuberculosis and influenza to guide understanding of COVID-19 severity

A Al-Sayyar, KD Hulme, R Thibaut, J Bayry… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Patients with type-2 diabetes (T2D) are more likely to develop severe respiratory tract
infections. Such susceptibility has gained increasing attention since the global spread of …

Revolutionizing control strategies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection through selected targeting of lipid metabolism

H Kim, SJ Shin - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Lipid species play a critical role in the growth and virulence expression of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). During Mtb infection, foamy …

Biomarker discovery for tuberculosis using metabolomics

Y Yu, XX Jiang, JC Li - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among infectious diseases, and the ratio of
cases in which its pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is drug resistant has been …

Diabetes-associated susceptibility to tuberculosis: contribution of hyperglycemia vs. Dyslipidemia

MD Ngo, S Bartlett, K Ronacher - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Diabetes is a major risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). Diabetes increases the risk of the
progression from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) to active pulmonary TB and TB patients …

Comprehensive lipid and lipid-related gene investigations of host immune responses to characterize metabolism-centric biomarkers for pulmonary tuberculosis

NP Long, NK Anh, NTH Yen, NK Phat, S Park… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Despite remarkable success in the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis (TB), it remains
one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide. Management of TB requires an …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive lipid profiles investigation reveals host metabolic and immune alterations during anti-tuberculosis treatment: Implications for therapeutic …

NK Anh, NK Phat, NTH Yen, RP Jayanti… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the lipidome of tuberculosis patients during standard
chemotherapy to discover biosignatures that could aid therapeutic monitoring. UPLC-QToF …

Multimodal plasma metabolomics and lipidomics in elucidating metabolic perturbations in tuberculosis patients with concurrent type 2 diabetes

NTH Yen, NK Anh, RP Jayanti, NK Phat, DH Vu… - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) poses a major burden for the treatment and control of
tuberculosis (TB). Characterization of the underlying metabolic perturbations in DM patients …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Affects Protein and Lipid Content of Circulating Exosomes in Infected Patients Depending on Tuberculosis Disease State

F Biadglegne, JR Schmidt, KM Engel, J Lehmann… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB), which is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is
still one of the deadliest infectious diseases. Understanding how the host and pathogen …

Large-scale analysis reveals splicing biomarkers for tuberculosis progression and prognosis

H Lai, M Lyu, H Ruan, Y Liu, T Liu, S Lei, Y Xiao… - Computers in Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Emerging evidence suggests that aberrant alternative splicing (AS) may play an
important role in tuberculosis (TB). However, current knowledge regarding the value of AS in …

Individualized lipid profile in urine-derived extracellular vesicles from clinical patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections

L Lyu, H Jia, Q Liu, W Ma, Z Li, L Pan… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Lipids are a key nutrient source for the growth and reproduction of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Urine-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs), because of its …