Leveraging artificial intelligence in the fight against infectious diseases

F Wong, C de la Fuente-Nunez, JJ Collins - Science, 2023 - science.org
Despite advances in molecular biology, genetics, computation, and medicinal chemistry,
infectious disease remains an ominous threat to public health. Addressing the challenges …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells in space and time

C Bussi, MG Gutierrez - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) caused by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)
remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases with over a billion deaths in the past 200 …

Human GBP 1 is a microbe‐specific gatekeeper of macrophage apoptosis and pyroptosis

D Fisch, H Bando, B Clough, V Hornung… - The EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
The guanylate binding protein (GBP) family of interferon‐inducible GTP ases promotes
antimicrobial immunity and cell death. During bacterial infection, multiple mouse Gbps …

How can AI help improve food safety?

C Qian, SI Murphy, RH Orsi… - Annual Review of Food …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
With advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, the development and
implementation of digital food systems are becoming increasingly possible. There is …

Molecular definition of the endogenous Toll-like receptor signalling pathways

D Fisch, T Zhang, H Sun, W Ma, Y Tan, SP Gygi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Innate immune pattern recognition receptors, such as the Toll-like receptors (TLRs), are key
mediators of the immune response to infection and central to our understanding of health …

Lessons from Toxoplasma: Host responses that mediate parasite control and the microbial effectors that subvert them

EM Frickel, CA Hunter - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2021 - rupress.org
The intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii has long provided a tractable experimental
system to investigate how the immune system deals with intracellular infections. This review …

Artificial intelligence and machine learning assisted drug delivery for effective treatment of infectious diseases

S He, LG Leanse, Y Feng - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
In the era of antimicrobial resistance, the prevalence of multidrug-resistant microorganisms
that resist conventional antibiotic treatment has steadily increased. Thus, it is now …

Influence of the Host and Parasite Strain on the Immune Response During Toxoplasma Infection

D Mukhopadhyay, D Arranz-Solís… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Toxoplasma gondii is an exceptionally successful parasite that infects a very broad host
range, including humans, across the globe. The outcome of infection differs remarkably …

A splitCas9 phenotypic screen in Toxoplasma gondii identifies proteins involved in host cell egress and invasion

W Li, J Grech, JF Stortz, M Gow, J Periz… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Apicomplexan parasites, such as Toxoplasma gondii, have specific adaptations that enable
invasion and exit from the host cell. Owing to the phylogenetic distance between …

PIM1 controls GBP1 activity to limit self-damage and to guard against pathogen infection

D Fisch, MM Pfleiderer, E Anastasakou, GM Mackie… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Disruption of cellular activities by pathogen virulence factors can trigger innate immune
responses. Interferon-γ (IFN-γ)–inducible antimicrobial factors, such as the guanylate …