Macrophage defense mechanisms against intracellular bacteria

G Weiss, UE Schaible - Immunological reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages and neutrophils play a decisive role in host responses to intracellular bacteria
including the agent of tuberculosis (TB), M ycobacterium tuberculosis as they represent the …

Leishmania and the macrophage: a multifaceted interaction

M Podinovskaia, A Descoteaux - Future microbiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Leishmania, the causative agent of leishmaniases, is an intracellular parasite of
macrophages, transmitted to humans via the bite of its sand fly vector. This protozoan …

Mammalian lipid droplets are innate immune hubs integrating cell metabolism and host defense

M Bosch, M Sánchez-Álvarez, A Fajardo… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION In all eukaryotic cells, lipid droplets (LDs) store and supply essential lipids
to produce signaling molecules, membrane building blocks, and metabolic energy. The LD …

Subcellular antibiotic visualization reveals a dynamic drug reservoir in infected macrophages

DJ Greenwood, MS Dos Santos, S Huang… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Tuberculosis, caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, remains the
world's deadliest infectious disease. Sterilizing chemotherapy requires at least 6 months of …

Sphingolipid metabolism during Toll‐like receptor 4 (TLR4)‐mediated macrophage activation

A Olona, C Hateley, S Muralidharan… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophage activation in response to stimulation of Toll‐like receptor 4 (TLR4) provides a
paradigm for investigating energy metabolism that regulates the inflammatory response …

Phospholipase A2 regulation of lipid droplet formation

C Guijas, JP Rodríguez, JM Rubio, MA Balboa… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2014 - Elsevier
The classical regard of lipid droplets as mere static energy-storage organelles has evolved
dramatically. Nowadays these organelles are known to participate in key processes of cell …

Host lipid droplets: An important source of lipids salvaged by the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii

SJ Nolan, JD Romano, I Coppens - PLoS pathogens, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Toxoplasma is an obligate intracellular parasite that replicates in mammalian cells within a
parasitophorous vacuole (PV) that does not fuse with any host organelles. One mechanism …

Immunometabolism of Phagocytes During Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

R Kumar, P Singh, A Kolloli, L Shi, Y Bushkin… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains as a leading killer
among infectious diseases worldwide. The nature of the host immune response dictates …

Lipid droplet, a key player in host-parasite interactions

AL Vallochi, L Teixeira, KS Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Lipid droplets (lipid bodies, LDs) are dynamic organelles that have important roles in
regulating lipid metabolism, energy homeostasis, cell signaling, membrane trafficking, and …

Revolutionizing control strategies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection through selected targeting of lipid metabolism

H Kim, SJ Shin - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Lipid species play a critical role in the growth and virulence expression of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB). During Mtb infection, foamy …