Secretory proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their roles in modulation of host immune responses: focus on therapeutic targets

R Pal, MK Bisht, S Mukhopadhyay - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis, is one of the most
successful pathogens in human history. An extremely resilient cell wall and highly evolved …

STING cyclic dinucleotide sensing originated in bacteria

BR Morehouse, AA Govande, A Millman, AFA Keszei… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) is a receptor in human cells that senses foreign cyclic
dinucleotides that are released during bacterial infection and in endogenous cyclic GMP …

Transporters involved in the biogenesis and functionalization of the mycobacterial cell envelope

M Jackson, CM Stevens, L Zhang, HI Zgurskaya… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The biology of mycobacteria is dominated by a complex cell envelope of unique composition
and structure and of exceptionally low permeability. This cell envelope is the basis of many …

[HTML][HTML] Rhs NADase effectors and their immunity proteins are exchangeable mediators of inter-bacterial competition in Serratia

M Hagan, G Pankov, R Gallegos-Monterrosa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Many bacterial species use Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to deliver anti-bacterial
effector proteins into neighbouring bacterial cells, representing an important mechanism of …

[HTML][HTML] SARM1 is a metabolic sensor activated by an increased NMN/NAD+ ratio to trigger axon degeneration

MD Figley, W Gu, JD Nanson, Y Shi, Y Sasaki… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Axon degeneration is a central pathological feature of many neurodegenerative diseases.
Sterile alpha and Toll/interleukin-1 receptor motif-containing 1 (SARM1) is a nicotinamide …

[HTML][HTML] NAD (H) homeostasis underlies host protection mediated by glycolytic myeloid cells in tuberculosis

HT Pacl, KC Chinta, VP Reddy, S Nadeem… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) disrupts glycolytic flux in infected myeloid cells through an
unclear mechanism. Flux through the glycolytic pathway in myeloid cells is inextricably …

[HTML][HTML] The TIR-domain containing effectors BtpA and BtpB from Brucella abortus impact NAD metabolism

JM Coronas-Serna, A Louche… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Brucella species are facultative intracellular Gram-negative bacteria relevant to animal and
human health. Their ability to establish an intracellular niche and subvert host cell pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Pore-forming Esx proteins mediate toxin secretion by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

U Tak, T Dokland, M Niederweis - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretes the tuberculosis necrotizing toxin (TNT) to kill host
cells. Here, we show that the WXG100 proteins EsxE and EsxF are essential for TNT …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Metabolism

GT Mashabela, TJ De Wet, DF Warner - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the cause of tuberculosis (TB), a disease which continues to
overwhelm health systems in endemic regions despite the existence of effective combination …

Comprehensive Examination of the Mouse Lung Metabolome Following Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Using a Multiplatform Mass Spectrometry Approach

M Fernández-García, F Rey-Stolle… - Journal of proteome …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The mechanisms whereby Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) rewires the host metabolism in
vivo are surprisingly unexplored. Here, we used three high-resolution mass spectrometry …