Bacterial protein toll-like-receptor agonists: a novel perspective on vaccine adjuvants

S Kumar, R Sunagar, E Gosselin - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Adjuvants have been used in vaccines for over a century, however, the search for safe and
effective vaccine adjuvants continues. In recent decades toll-like-receptor (TLR) agonists …

The role of TLR2 in infectious diseases caused by mycobacteria: from cell biology to therapeutic target

W Hu, HP Spaink - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Due to the broad functions of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) in innate
immunity, the drive for the development of TLR2-targeted therapeutic treatments has …

The implication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-mediated metabolism of targeted xenobiotics

V Singh, GA Dziwornu, K Chibale - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2023 - nature.com
Drug metabolism is generally associated with liver enzymes. However, in the case of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), Mtb-mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Host-mycobacteria conflict: Immune responses of the host vs. the mycobacteria TLR2 and TLR4 ligands and concomitant host-directed therapy

KP Pattanaik, S Sengupta, BP Jit, R Kotak… - Microbiological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is one of the most grievous
infectious diseases with long-term morbidity and unpredicted mortality rates globally. Thus …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis dormancy regulon proteins Rv2627c and Rv2628 as Toll like receptor agonist and as potential adjuvant

P Bhatt, M Sharma, PP Sharma, B Rathi… - International …, 2022 - Elsevier
During latency, DosR proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) get activated and help
the bacterium to remain dormant. We have shown earlier that 2 such proteins Rv2627c and …

Recombinant Rv3261 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces apoptosis through a mitochondrion-dependent pathway in macrophages and inhibits …

KI Lee, S Choi, HG Choi, SG Kebede, TB Dang… - Cellular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an intracellular pathogen known to persist in host cells.
The apoptotic response of macrophages serves as a defense mechanism to inhibit the …

Role of pattern recognition receptors in sensing Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SMNK Zihad, N Sifat, MA Islam… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the major invasive intracellular pathogens causing
most deaths by a single infectious agent. The interaction between host immune cells and …

Latest comprehensive knowledge of the crosstalk between TLR signaling and mycobacteria and the antigens driving the process

JS Kim, YR Kim, CS Yang - Journal of microbiology and …, 2019 - koreascience.kr
Tuberculosis, which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is among the most
pressing worldwide problems. Mtb uniquely interacts with innate immune cells through …

Integrated Multi-Omic Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra Redefines Virulence Attributes

SM Pinto, R Verma, J Advani, O Chatterjee… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
H37Ra is a virulence attenuated strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis widely employed as a
model to investigate virulence mechanisms. Comparative high-throughput studies have …

The BCG Moreau Vaccine Upregulates In Vitro the Expression of TLR4, B7-1, Dectin-1 and EP2 on Human Monocytes

PRZ Antas, ASM da Silva, LHP Albuquerque… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is currently the second greatest killer worldwide and is
caused by a single infectious agent. Since Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is the only …