[HTML][HTML] Inflammation-mediated tissue damage in pulmonary tuberculosis and host-directed therapeutic strategies

D Tiwari, AR Martineau - Seminars in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) involves the administration of anti-mycobacterial
drugs for several months. The emergence of drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium …

[HTML][HTML] Human tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: A review on genetic diversity, pathogenesis and omics approaches in host biomarkers …

RD Kanabalan, LJ Lee, TY Lee, PP Chong… - Microbiological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) refers to a group of mycobacteria
encompassing nine members of closely related species that causes tuberculosis in animals …

Urogenital tuberculosis—epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical features

A Muneer, B Macrae, S Krishnamoorthy… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common cause of death from infectious disease worldwide. A
substantial proportion of patients presenting with extrapulmonary TB have urogenital TB (UG …

Immune biomarkers for diagnosis and treatment monitoring of tuberculosis: current developments and future prospects

YK Yong, HY Tan, A Saeidi, WF Wong… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) treatment monitoring is paramount to clinical decision-making and the
host biomarkers appears to play a significant role. The currently available diagnostic …

Roles of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in immune regulation and immune diseases

A Nie, B Sun, Z Fu, D Yu - Cell death & disease, 2019 - nature.com
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) play a vital role in protein synthesis by linking amino
acids to their cognate transfer RNAs (tRNAs). This typical function has been well recognized …

It Takes a Village: The Multifaceted Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Vaccine-Induced Immunity

SE Larsen, BD Williams, M Rais, RN Coler… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite co-evolving with humans for centuries and being intensely studied for decades, the
immune correlates of protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) have yet to be …

BCG‐induced protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: Evidence, mechanisms, and implications for next‐generation vaccines

M Foster, PC Hill, TP Setiabudiawan… - Immunological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine Bacillus Calmette‐Guérin (BCG) was introduced 100 years
ago, but as it provides insufficient protection against TB disease, especially in adults, new …

Integrative metabolomics to identify molecular signatures of responses to vaccines and infections

J Diray-Arce, MG Conti, B Petrova, N Kanarek… - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
Approaches to the identification of metabolites have progressed from early biochemical
pathway evaluation to modern high-dimensional metabolomics, a powerful tool to identify …

Metabolic Versatility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during Infection and Dormancy

DPS Chang, XL Guan - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), is a highly
successful intracellular pathogen with the ability to withstand harsh conditions and reside …

Early progression to active tuberculosis is a highly heritable trait driven by 3q23 in Peruvians

Y Luo, S Suliman, S Asgari, T Amariuta… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Of the 1.8 billion people worldwide infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 5–15% will
develop active tuberculosis (TB). Approximately half will progress to active TB within the first …