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 …

The role of TLR2 in infectious diseases caused by mycobacteria: from cell biology to therapeutic target

W Hu, HP Spaink - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the broad functions of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in innate
immunity, the drive for the development of TLR2-targeted therapeutic treatments has …

Epigenetics in tuberculosis: immunomodulation of host immune response

A Khadela, VP Chavda, H Postwala, Y Shah, P Mistry… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis is a stern, difficult to treat chronic infection caused by acid-fast bacilli that tend
to take a long time to be eradicated from the host's environment. It requires the action of both …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE/PPE proteins enhance the production of reactive oxygen species and formation of neutrophil extracellular traps

M García-Bengoa, M Meurer, M Stehr… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Neutrophil granulocytes predominate in the lungs of patients infected with
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in earlier stages of the disease. During infection …

MicroRNAs as immune regulators and biomarkers in tuberculosis

L Wang, Y Xiong, B Fu, D Guo, MY Zaky, X Lin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB), which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is one of the most
lethal infectious disease worldwide, and it greatly affects human health. Some diagnostic …

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 …

Tuberculosis and autoimmunity

IV Belyaeva, AN Kosova, AG Vasiliev - Pathophysiology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis remains a common and dangerous chronic bacterial infection worldwide. It is
long-established that pathogenesis of many autoimmune diseases is mainly promoted by …

Role of C-terminal domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE6 (Rv0335c) protein in host mitochondrial stress and macrophage apoptosis

Medha, Priyanka, P Bhatt, S Sharma, M Sharma - Apoptosis, 2023 - Springer
PE/PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) target the host organelles to dictate
the outcome of infection. This study investigated the significance of PE6/Rv0335c protein's …

[HTML][HTML] TNF in human tuberculosis: a double-edged sword

JM Yuk, JK Kim, IS Kim, EK Jo - Immune Network, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
TNF, a pleiotropic proinflammatory cytokine, is important for protective immunity and
immunopathology during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, which causes …

Virulence Factors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as Modulators of Cell Death Mechanisms

LA Ramon-Luing, Y Palacios, A Ruiz… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) modulates diverse cell death pathways to escape the host
immune responses and favor its dissemination, a complex process of interest in …