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 …

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 …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis-macrophage interaction: Molecular updates

H Bo, UAE Moure, Y Yang, J Pan, L Li… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of Tuberculosis (TB), remains a
pathogen of great interest on a global scale. This airborne pathogen affects the lungs, where …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE51 inhibits autophagy by suppressing toll-like receptor 2-dependent signaling

EJ Strong, J Wang, TW Ng, SA Porcelli, S Lee - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Autophagy is an ubiquitous homeostatic pathway in mammalian cells and plays a significant
role in host immunity. Substantial evidence indicates that the ability of Mycobacterium …

Immunological effects of the PE/PPE family proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and related vaccines

F Guo, J Wei, Y Song, B Li, Z Qian, X Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Mtb), and its incidence and mortality are increasing. The BCG vaccine was developed in the …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein MoxR1 enhances virulence by inhibiting host cell death pathways and disrupting cellular bioenergetics

N Quadir, M Shariq, JA Sheikh, J Singh, N Sharma… - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) utilizes the multifunctionality of its protein factors to
deceive the host. The unabated global incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and …

[HTML][HTML] Teleological cooption of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE proteins as porins: Role in molecular immigration and emigration

A Ehtram, M Shariq, S Ali, N Quadir, JA Sheikh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Permeation through bacterial cells for exchange or uptake of biomolecules and ions
invariably depend upon the existence of pore-forming proteins (porins) in their outer …

Mucosal recombinant BCG vaccine induces lung-resident memory macrophages and enhances trained immunity via mTORC2/HK1-mediated metabolic rewiring

X Peng, Y Zhou, B Zhang, X Liang, J Feng… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - ASBMB
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccination induces a type of immune memory known as"
trained immunity", characterized by the immunometabolic and epigenetic changes in innate …

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 PE_PGRS20 and PE_PGRS47 proteins inhibit autophagy by interaction with rab1A

EJ Strong, TW Ng, SA Porcelli, S Lee - MSphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Autophagy is a fundamental cellular process that has important roles in innate and adaptive
immunity against a broad range of microbes. Many pathogenic microbes have evolved …