[HTML][HTML] The PE-PPE family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: proteins in disguise

C D'Souza, U Kishore, AG Tsolaki - Immunobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has thrived in parallel with humans for millennia, and despite
our efforts, M. tuberculosis continues to plague us, currently infecting a third of the world's …

[HTML][HTML] The Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS Protein Family Acts as an Immunological Decoy to Subvert Host Immune Response

T Sharma, A Alam, A Ehtram, A Rani, S Grover… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) is a successful pathogen that can reside within the
alveolar macrophages of the host and can survive in a latent stage. The pathogen has …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

PE_PGRS45 (Rv2615c) protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis perturbs mitochondria of macrophages

Medha, Priyanka, S Sharma… - Immunology and Cell …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The PE_PGRS proteins have coevolved with the antigenic ESX‐V secretory system and are
abundant in pathogenic Mycobacterium. Only a few PE_PGRS proteins have been …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy regulon proteins Rv2627c and Rv2628 as Toll like receptor agonist and as potential adjuvant

P Bhatt, M Sharma, PP Sharma, B Rathi… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
During latency, DosR proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) get activated and help
the bacterium to remain dormant. We have shown earlier that 2 such proteins Rv2627c and …

[HTML][HTML] The Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE15/PPE20 complex transports calcium across the outer membrane

V Boradia, A Frando, C Grundner - PLoS Biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The mechanisms by which nutrients traverse the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) outer
membrane remain mostly unknown and, in the absence of classical porins, likely involve …

Expression of a unique M. tuberculosis DNA MTase Rv1509 in M. smegmatis alters the gene expression pattern and enhances virulence

P Manjunath, J Ahmad, J Samal, A Rani… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) genome encompasses 4,173 genes, about a quarter of
which remain uncharacterized and hypothetical. Considering the current limitations …

Recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by macrophage Toll-like receptor and its role in autophagy

L Wei, L Liu, Z Meng, K Qi, X Gao, J Feng, J Luo - Inflammation Research, 2024 - Springer
Background The pathogen responsible for tuberculosis is called Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. Its interaction with macrophages has a significant impact on the onset and …

[HTML][HTML] Cellular and molecular mechanisms in mycobacterial infection

NE Nieuwenhuizen, JC Evans - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a
leading cause of death by infectious disease, overshadowed only recently by the COVID-19 …