The Innate Immune Response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

MM Ravesloot-Chávez, E Van Dis… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes> 1.5 million deaths worldwide annually.
Innate immune cells are the first to encounter M. tuberculosis, and their response dictates …

Interaction of mycobacteria with host cell inflammasomes

S Rastogi, V Briken - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The inflammasome complex is important for host defense against intracellular bacterial
infections. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a facultative intracellular bacterium which is …

A paracrine circuit of IL-1β/IL-1R1 between myeloid and tumor cells drives genotype-dependent glioblastoma progression

Z Chen, B Giotti, M Kaluzova… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) from blood circulation infiltrate
glioblastoma (GBM) and promote growth. Here, we show that PDGFB-driven GBM cells …

Type I interferon-driven susceptibility to Mycobacterium tuberculosis is mediated by IL-1Ra

DX Ji, LH Yamashiro, KJ Chen, N Mukaida… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes tuberculosis and is
responsible for more human mortality than any other single pathogen. Progression to active …

Early alveolar macrophage response and IL-1R-dependent T cell priming determine transmissibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains

A Lovey, S Verma, V Kaipilyawar… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mechanisms underlying variability in transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains
remain undefined. By characterizing high and low transmission strains of M. tuberculosis in …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits the NLRP3 inflammasome activation via its phosphokinase PknF

S Rastogi, S Ellinwood, J Augenstreich… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has evolved to evade host innate immunity by interfering
with macrophage functions. Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is secreted by macrophages after the …

Co-infection of mice with SARS-CoV-2 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis limits early viral replication but does not affect mycobacterial loads

PJ Baker, EP Amaral, E Castro, AC Bohrer… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Viral co-infections have been implicated in worsening tuberculosis (TB) and during the
COVID-19 pandemic, the global rate of TB-related deaths has increased for the first time in …

Early cellular mechanisms of type I interferon-driven susceptibility to tuberculosis

DI Kotov, OV Lee, SA Fattinger, CA Langner, JV Guillen… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Summary Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes 1.6 million deaths annually. Active
tuberculosis correlates with a neutrophil-driven type I interferon (IFN) signature, but the …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with severe tuberculosis evades cytosolic surveillance systems and modulates IL-1β production

J Sousa, B Cá, AR Maceiras, L Simões-Costa… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Genetic diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis affects immune responses and clinical
outcomes of tuberculosis (TB). However, how bacterial diversity orchestrates immune …

Perspectives and Advances in the Understanding of Tuberculosis

RL Kinsella, DX Zhu, GA Harrison… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), remains a
leading cause of death due to infection in humans. To more effectively combat this …