[HTML][HTML] Iron in infection and immunity

M Nairz, G Weiss - Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Iron is an essential micronutrient for virtually all living cells. In infectious diseases, both
invading pathogens and mammalian cells including those of the immune system require iron …

Engineered EVs designed to target diseases of the CNS

L Nieland, S Mahjoum, E Grandell, K Breyne… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) are challenging to treat, mainly due to the
blood-brain barrier (BBB), which restricts drugs in circulation from entering target regions in …

Iron Acquisition in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

A Chao, PJ Sieminski, CP Owens… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The highly contagious disease tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium
tuberculosis (Mtb), which has been evolving drug resistance at an alarming rate. Like all …

Comprehensive analysis of iron utilization by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

L Zhang, RC Hendrickson, V Meikle… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Iron is essential for nearly all bacterial pathogens, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Mtb), but is severely limited in the human host. To meet its iron needs, Mtb secretes …

Bacterial excretion of cytoplasmic proteins (ECP): occurrence, mechanism, and function

P Ebner, F Götz - Trends in microbiology, 2019 - cell.com
The excretion of cytoplasmic and signal-peptide-less proteins (ECP) by microorganisms and
eukaryotes remains a fascinating topic. In principle, it appears to be a waste of energy …

Antituberculosis targeted drug delivery as a potential future treatment approach

MKN Mazlan, MHD Mohd Tazizi, R Ahmad, MAA Noh… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the microorganism that causes tuberculosis. This
infectious disease has been around for centuries, with the earliest record of Mtb around …

Diverse localization and protein binding abilities of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in pathogenic bacteria: the key to its multifunctionality?

M Kopeckova, I Pavkova, J Stulik - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial proteins exhibiting two or more unrelated functions, referred to as moonlighting
proteins, are suggested to contribute to full virulence manifestation in pathogens. An …

Antimicrobial peptides as potential anti-tubercular leads: a concise review

GS Oliveira, RP Costa, P Gomes, MS Gomes, T Silva… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite being considered a public health emergency for the last 25 years, tuberculosis (TB)
is still one of the deadliest infectious diseases, responsible for over a million deaths every …

Regulation of macrophage cell surface GAPDH alters LL-37 internalization and downstream effects in the cell

A Dhiman, S Talukdar, GK Chaubey… - Journal of Innate …, 2023 - karger.com
Abstract Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the major causative agent of tuberculosis, has
evolved mechanisms to evade host defenses and persist within host cells. Host-directed …

Differentiating the roles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis substrate binding proteins, FecB and FecB2, in iron uptake

R de Miranda, BJ Cuthbert, T Klevorn, A Chao… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, poses a great threat
to human health. With the emergence of drug resistant Mtb strains, new therapeutics are …