Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An Adaptable Pathogen Associated With Multiple Human Diseases

Q Chai, Y Zhang, CH Liu - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), is an extremely
successful pathogen that adapts to survive within the host. During the latency phase of …

The microbiome and tuberculosis: state of the art, potential applications, and defining the clinical research agenda

CC Naidoo, GR Nyawo, BG Wu, G Walzl… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
The diverse microbial communities within our bodies produce metabolites that modulate
host immune responses. Even the microbiome at distal sites has an important function in …

Gut microbiome contributes to impairment of immunity in pulmonary tuberculosis patients by alteration of butyrate and propionate producers

A Maji, R Misra, DB Dhakan, V Gupta… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) is primarily associated with decline in immune health status. As gut
microbiome (GM) is implicated in the regulation of host immunity and metabolism, here we …

Insights into the unique lung microbiota profile of pulmonary tuberculosis patients using metagenomic next-generation sequencing

G Xiao, Z Cai, Q Guo, T Ye, Y Tang, P Guan… - Microbiology …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The microbiota plays an important role in human health and disease development. The lung
microbiota profile in pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients and the effects of anti-TB treatment …

[HTML][HTML] The role of microbiota in respiratory health and diseases, particularly in tuberculosis

T Shah, Z Shah, Z Baloch, XM Cui - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Trillions of beneficial and hostile microorganisms live in the human respiratory and
gastrointestinal tracts, which act as gatekeepers in maintaining human health, ie, protecting …

New players in immunity to tuberculosis: the host microbiome, lung epithelium, and innate immune cells

N Gupta, R Kumar, B Agrawal - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly contagious infection and devastating chronic disease, causing
10.4 million new infections and 1.8 million deaths every year globally. Efforts to control and …

The microbiome and tuberculosis: early evidence for cross talk

S Namasivayam, A Sher, MS Glickman, MF Wipperman - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient infectious disease of humans that has been extensively
studied both clinically and experimentally. Although susceptibility to Mycobacterium …

Microbiota and tuberculosis: a potential role of probiotics, and postbiotics

Y Liu, J Wang, C Wu - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis attacking the lungs and other
organs, is one of the most common infectious disease worldwide. According to the WHO's …

The role of gut and lung microbiota in susceptibility to tuberculosis

P Comberiati, M Di Cicco, F Paravati, U Pelosi… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis is one of the most common infectious diseases and infectious causes of death
worldwide. Over the last decades, significant research effort has been directed towards …

Microbiome changes during tuberculosis and antituberculous therapy

BY Hong, NP Maulén, AJ Adami… - Clinical microbiology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The critical role of commensal microbiota in the human body has been increasingly
recognized, and our understanding of its implications in human health and disease has …