Pathogenicity and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

KC Rahlwes, BRS Dias, PC Campos… - Virulence, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis, an infectious
disease with one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Leveraging its …

Review on Bovine Tuberculosis: An Emerging Disease Associated with Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium Species

M Borham, A Oreiby, A El-Gedawy, Y Hegazy… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bovine tuberculosis is a serious infectious disease affecting a wide range of domesticated
and wild animals, representing a worldwide economic and public health burden. The …

Tumor necrosis factor induces pathogenic mitochondrial ROS in tuberculosis through reverse electron transport

FJ Roca, LJ Whitworth, HA Prag, MP Murphy… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a critical host resistance factor against tuberculosis. However,
excess TNF produces susceptibility by increasing mitochondrial reactive oxygen species …

[PDF][PDF] Abattoir And Bovine Tuberculosis as A Reemerging Foodborne Diseas

FA Shaltout - Clinical Medical Reviews and Report, 2024 - researchgate.net
Abattoir is the place in which the animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Abattoir
plays important role in prevention of zoonotic diseases between animals and humans like …

The role of ESAT-6 in tuberculosis immunopathology

BBS Passos, M Araujo-Pereira, CL Vinhaes… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Despite major global efforts to eliminate tuberculosis, which is caused by Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb), this disease remains as a major plague of humanity. Several factors …

[HTML][HTML] mTOR-regulated mitochondrial metabolism limits mycobacterium-induced cytotoxicity

AJ Pagán, LJ Lee, J Edwards-Hicks, CB Moens… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Necrosis of macrophages in the granuloma, the hallmark immunological structure of
tuberculosis, is a major pathogenic event that increases host susceptibility. Through a …

ESAT-6 a Major Virulence Factor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

E Anes, D Pires, M Mandal, JM Azevedo-Pereira - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB), is one of
the most successfully adapted human pathogens. Human-to-human transmission occurs at …

Gaucher disease protects against tuberculosis

J Fan, VL Hale, LT Lelieveld, LJ Whitworth… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Biallelic mutations in the glucocerebrosidase (GBA1) gene cause Gaucher disease,
characterized by lysosomal accumulation of glucosylceramide and glucosylsphingosine in …

ESAT-6 undergoes self-association at phagosomal pH and an ESAT-6-specific nanobody restricts M. tuberculosis growth in macrophages

TA Bates, M Trank-Greene, X Nguyenla, A Anastas… - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is known to survive within macrophages by compromising
the integrity of the phagosomal compartment in which it resides. This activity primarily relies …

[HTML][HTML] Human alveolar lining fluid from the elderly promotes Mycobacterium tuberculosis intracellular growth and translocation into the cytosol of alveolar epithelial …

AM Olmo-Fontánez, JM Scordo, A Schami… - Mucosal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The elderly population is highly susceptible to develo** respiratory diseases, including
tuberculosis, a devastating disease caused by the airborne pathogen Mycobacterium …