Search Results - "Boom, W Henry"
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The knowns and unknowns of latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-02-2021)“…Humans have been infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) for thousands of years. While tuberculosis (TB), one of the deadliest infectious diseases, is…”
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Regulation of antigen presentation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis : a role for Toll-like receptors
Published in Nature reviews. Microbiology (01-04-2010)“…Key Points Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives in the host in antigen-presenting cells (APCs) such as macrophages and dendritic cells. APCs present antigens in…”
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Immunological mechanisms of human resistance to persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Published in Nature reviews. Immunology (01-09-2018)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and establishes a long-lived latent infection in a substantial proportion of the human…”
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IFN-γ-independent immune markers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis exposure
Published in Nature medicine (01-06-2019)“…Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) results in heterogeneous clinical outcomes including primary progressive tuberculosis and latent Mtb infection…”
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Osteocytes directly regulate osteolysis via MYD88 signaling in bacterial bone infection
Published in Nature communications (04-11-2022)“…The impact of bone cell activation on bacterially-induced osteolysis remains elusive. Here, we show that matrix-embedded osteocytes stimulated with bacterial…”
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Four-Gene Pan-African Blood Signature Predicts Progression to Tuberculosis
Published in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (01-05-2018)“…Contacts of patients with tuberculosis (TB) constitute an important target population for preventive measures because they are at high risk of infection with…”
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Sequential inflammatory processes define human progression from M. tuberculosis infection to tuberculosis disease
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-11-2017)“…Our understanding of mechanisms underlying progression from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to pulmonary tuberculosis disease in humans remains limited…”
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Interaction between host genes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage can affect tuberculosis severity: Evidence for coevolution?
Published in PLoS genetics (01-04-2020)“…Genetic studies of both the human host and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) demonstrate independent association with tuberculosis (TB) risk. However, neither…”
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Toll-like receptor 2-dependent extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected macrophages drives anti-inflammatory responses and inhibits Th1 polarization of responding T cells
Published in Infection and immunity (01-06-2015)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives within macrophages and employs immune evasion mechanisms to persist in the host. Protective T helper type 1 (Th1) responses…”
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Bacterial Factors That Predict Relapse after Tuberculosis Therapy
Published in The New England journal of medicine (30-08-2018)“…In pretreatment isolates of M. tuberculosis with decrements of the minimum inhibitory concentration of isoniazid or rifampin below the standard resistance…”
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Long-term Stability of Resistance to Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Highly Exposed Tuberculosis Household Contacts in Kampala, Uganda
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (02-05-2019)“…Abstract Background Resistance to latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection, identified by persistently negative tuberculin skin tests (TST) and…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Membrane Vesicles Inhibit T Cell Activation
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-03-2017)“…utilizes multiple mechanisms to evade host immune responses, and inhibition of effector CD4 T cell responses by may contribute to immune evasion. TCR signaling…”
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Toll-Like Receptor 2-Tpl2-Dependent ERK Signaling Drives Inverse Interleukin 12 Regulation in Dendritic Cells and Macrophages
Published in Infection and immunity (15-12-2020)“…This study investigated responses to Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2)-driven extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) signaling in dendritic cells (DCs) versus…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoprotein LprG binds lipoarabinomannan and determines its cell envelope localization to control phagolysosomal fusion
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-10-2014)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) virulence is decreased by genetic deletion of the lipoprotein LprG, but the function of LprG remains unclear. We report that…”
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ERK Signaling Is Essential for Macrophage Development
Published in PloS one (07-10-2015)“…Macrophages depend on colony stimulating factor 1 (also known as M-CSF) for their growth and differentiation, but the requirements for intracellular signals…”
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Tuberculosis severity associates with variants and eQTLs related to vascular biology and infection-induced inflammation
Published in PLoS genetics (27-03-2023)“…Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health problem globally, even compared to COVID-19. Genome-wide studies have failed to discover genes that explain a…”
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Mannose-Capped Lipoarabinomannan from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induces CD4+ T Cell Anergy via GRAIL
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (15-01-2016)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell wall glycolipid, lipoarabinomannan, can inhibit CD4(+) T cell activation by downregulating the phosphorylation of key proximal…”
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Transcriptional networks are associated with resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Published in PloS one (17-04-2017)“…Understanding mechanisms of resistance to M. tuberculosis (M.tb) infection in humans could identify novel therapeutic strategies as it has for other infectious…”
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Human alveolar macrophages display marked hypo-responsiveness to IFN-γ in both proteomic and gene expression analysis
Published in PloS one (01-02-2024)“…Alveolar macrophages (AM) perform a primary defense mechanism in the lung through phagocytosis of inhaled particles and microorganisms. AM are known to be…”
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HIV co-infection is associated with reduced Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmissibility in sub-Saharan Africa
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-05-2024)“…Persons living with HIV are known to be at increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) disease upon infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)…”
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