Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the most important infectious agents worldwide
and causes more than 1.5 million deaths annually. To make matters worse, the drug …

The innate immune system is the first line of defense against many common
microorganisms, which can initiate adaptive immune responses to provide increased …

Intestinal homeostasis is critical for efficient energy extraction from food and protection from
pathogens. Its disruption can lead to an array of severe illnesses with major impacts on …

Few tools exist to assess replication of chronic pathogens during infection. This has been a
considerable barrier to understanding latent tuberculosis, and efforts to develop new …

The innate immune response in human tuberculosis is not completely understood. To
improve our knowledge regarding the role of cathelicidin hCAP-18/LL37 in the innate …

Rhizobial soil bacteria can form a symbiosis with legumes in which the bacteria fix
atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia that can be utilized by the host. The plant, in turn …

Inhalation exposure to indoor air pollutants and cigarette smoke increases the risk of
developing tuberculosis (TB). Whether exposure to ambient air pollution particulate matter …

There is a growing body of evidence suggesting an association between air pollution
exposure and tuberculosis (TB) incidence, but no meta-analysis has assembled all evidence …

Tuberculosis is one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide. The susceptibility
to this disease depends to a great extent on the innate immune response against …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) protect the epithelia of mucosal organs like the respiratory or
the gastrointestinal tract from invading microorganisms. As an integral part of the innate …