The reactive oxygen species in macrophage polarization: reflecting its dual role in progression and treatment of human diseases

HY Tan, N Wang, S Li, M Hong… - … medicine and cellular …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
High heterogeneity of macrophage is associated with its functions in polarization to different
functional phenotypes depending on environmental cues. Macrophages remain in balanced …

Effect of reactive oxygen species on the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria during intracellular pathogen infection of mammalian cells

J Lee, CH Song - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Oxidative stress, particularly reactive oxygen species (ROS), are important for innate
immunity against pathogens. ROS directly attack pathogens, regulate and amplify immune …

Role of apoptosis and autophagy in tuberculosis

A Lam, R Prabhu, CM Gross… - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest known human diseases and is transmitted by the
bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). TB has a rich history with evidence of TB …

Critical role of calpain in inflammation

J Ji, L Su, Z Liu - Biomedical reports, 2016 - spandidos-publications.com
Calpains are a family of cysteine proteases, implicated in a wide range of cellular calcium‑
regulated functions. Evidence from previous studies using an inhibitor of calpain indicates …

Roles of endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis in M1-polarized macrophages during mycobacterial infections

YJ Lim, MH Yi, JA Choi, J Lee, JY Han, SH Jo, SM Oh… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Alteration of macrophage function has an important regulatory impact on the survival of
intracellular mycobacteria. We found that macrophages infected with attenuated …

[HTML][HTML] Calpain-1 induces endoplasmic reticulum stress in promoting cardiomyocyte apoptosis following hypoxia/reoxygenation

D Zheng, G Wang, S Li, GC Fan, T Peng - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2015 - Elsevier
Both calpain activation and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress are implicated in ischemic
heart injury. However, the role of calpain in ER stress remains largely elusive. This study …

Mycobacterium bovis Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Mediated-Apoptosis by Activating IRF3 in a Murine Macrophage Cell Line

Y Cui, D Zhao, S Sreevatsan, C Liu, W Yang… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) is highly adapted to macrophages and has developed
multiple mechanisms to resist intracellular assaults. However, the host cells in turn deploy a …

Regulation of Three Virulence Strategies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Success Story

NA Zondervan, JCJ Van Dam, PJ Schaap… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis remains one of the deadliest diseases. Emergence of drug-resistant and
multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains makes treating tuberculosis increasingly …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis 38-kDa antigen induces endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated apoptosis via toll-like receptor 2/4

YJ Lim, JA Choi, JH Lee, CH Choi, HJ Kim, CH Song - Apoptosis, 2015 - Springer
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses play critical roles in the pathogenesis of
tuberculosis. To investigate the regulatory role of the ER stress response in 38-kDa antigen …

Mycobacterium fortuitum-induced ER-Mitochondrial calcium dynamics promotes calpain/caspase-12/caspase-9 mediated apoptosis in fish macrophages

D Datta, P Khatri, A Singh, DR Saha, G Verma… - Cell death …, 2018 - nature.com
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a natural fish pathogen. It induces apoptosis in headkidney
macrophages (HKM) of catfish, Clarias sp though the mechanism remains largely unknown …