Genetic and hormonal mechanisms underlying sex-specific immune responses in tuberculosis

M Gupta, G Srikrishna, SL Klein, WR Bishai - Trends in immunology, 2022 - cell.com
Tuberculosis (TB), the world's deadliest bacterial infection, afflicts more human males than
females, with a male/female (M/F) ratio of 1.7. Sex disparities in TB prevalence …

Natural and trained innate immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

J Ferluga, H Yasmin, MN Al-Ahdal, S Bhakta, U Kishore - Immunobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection, remains a major
global health emergency. It is estimated that one third of global population are affected …

Previous and active tuberculosis increases risk of death and prolongs recovery in patients with COVID-19

KTL Sy, NJL Haw, J Uy - Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background There is a growing literature on the association of SARS-CoV-2 and other
chronic conditions, such as noncommunicable diseases. However, little is known about the …

Phosphorylation and signal transduction pathways in translational control

CG Proud - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2019 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Protein synthesis, including the translation of specific messenger RNAs (mRNAs), is
regulated by extracellular stimuli such as hormones and by the levels of certain nutrients …

Host sirtuin 2 as an immunotherapeutic target against tuberculosis

A Bhaskar, S Kumar, MZ Khan, A Singh, VP Dwivedi… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) employs plethora of mechanisms to hijack the host
defence machinery for its successful survival, proliferation and persistence. Here, we show …

Platelet activation and the immune response to tuberculosis

DE Kirwan, DLW Chong, JS Friedland - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In 2019 10 million people developed symptomatic tuberculosis (TB) disease and 1.2 million
died. In active TB the inflammatory response causes tissue destruction, which leads to both …

Regulation and repurposing of nutrient sensing and autophagy in innate immunity

J Sanchez-Garrido, AR Shenoy - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Nutrients not only act as building blocks but also as signaling molecules. Nutrient-availability
promotes cell growth and proliferation and suppresses catabolic processes, such as …

Breaking the Cycle: Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors as an Alternative Approach in Managing Tuberculosis Pathogenesis and Progression

A Jhilta, K Jadhav, R Singh, E Ray, A Kumar… - ACS Infectious …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has long posed a significant challenge to global public
health, resulting in approximately 1.6 million deaths annually. Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) …

Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors enhance the efficacy of frontline drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Y Xu, L Wang, MD Zimmerman, KY Chen… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a grave threat to world health with emerging drug
resistant strains. One prominent feature of Mtb infection is the extensive reprogramming of …

A novel role for C–C motif chemokine receptor 2 during infection with hypervirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis

MD Dunlap, N Howard, S Das, N Scott, M Ahmed… - Mucosal …, 2018 - nature.com
C–C motif chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) is a major chemokine axis that recruits myeloid
cells including monocytes and macrophages. Thus far, CCR2−/− mice have not been found …