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 …

Resident tissue macrophages: Key coordinators of tissue homeostasis beyond immunity

J Zhao, I Andreev, HM Silva - Science Immunology, 2024 - science.org
Resident tissue macrophages (RTMs) encompass a highly diverse set of cells abundantly
present in every tissue and organ. RTMs are recognized as central players in innate immune …

Type I IFN exacerbates disease in tuberculosis-susceptible mice by inducing neutrophil-mediated lung inflammation and NETosis

L Moreira-Teixeira, PJ Stimpson, E Stavropoulos… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of mortality due to infectious disease, but the factors
determining disease progression are unclear. Transcriptional signatures associated with …

Types and functions of heterogeneity in mycobacteria

ES Chung, WC Johnson, BB Aldridge - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The remarkable ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to survive attacks from the host
immune response and drug treatment is due to the resilience of a few bacilli rather than a …

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 …

The impact of alcohol use disorder on tuberculosis: a review of the epidemiology and potential immunologic mechanisms

GW Wigger, TC Bouton, KR Jacobson… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Globally, an estimated 107 million people have an alcohol use disorder (AUD) leading to 2.8
million premature deaths each year. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in adults with HIV

Q Yang, J Han, J Shen, X Peng, L Zhou, X Yin - Medicine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), continues to pose a
major public health problem and is the leading cause of mortality in people infected with …

CRISPR Interference Reveals That All-Trans-Retinoic Acid Promotes Macrophage Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Limiting Bacterial Access to Cholesterol …

GH Babunovic, MA DeJesus, B Bosch, MR Chase… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Macrophages are a protective replicative niche for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) but can
kill the infecting bacterium when appropriately activated. To identify mechanisms of …

Heterogeneity in lung macrophage control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is modulated by T cells

R Lai, T Williams, T Rakib, J Lee, SM Behar - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, alveolar macrophages are initially infected
but ineffectively restrict bacterial replication. The distribution of M. tuberculosis among …