Search Results - "Michael S. Glickman"
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The mechanism of action of BCG therapy for bladder cancer—a current perspective
Published in Nature reviews. Urology (01-03-2014)“…Key Points Despite nearly four decades of clinical experience with Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) for bladder cancer, the mechanism of its therapeutic effect…”
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Converting Cancer Therapies into Cures: Lessons from Infectious Diseases
Published in Cell (16-03-2012)“…During the past decade, cancer drug development has shifted from a focus on cytotoxic chemotherapies to drugs that target specific molecular alterations in…”
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Antibiotic treatment for Tuberculosis induces a profound dysbiosis of the microbiome that persists long after therapy is completed
Published in Scientific reports (07-09-2017)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis , the cause of Tuberculosis (TB), infects one third of the world’s population and causes substantial mortality worldwide. In its…”
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The Microbiome and Tuberculosis: Early Evidence for Cross Talk
Published in mBio (18-09-2018)“…Tuberculosis (TB) is an ancient infectious disease of humans that has been extensively studied both clinically and experimentally. Although susceptibility to…”
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An essential nonredundant role for mycobacterial DnaK in native protein folding
Published in PLoS genetics (01-07-2014)“…Protein chaperones are essential in all domains of life to prevent and resolve protein misfolding during translation and proteotoxic stress. HSP70 family…”
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Division of labor between SOS and PafBC in mycobacterial DNA repair and mutagenesis
Published in Nucleic acids research (16-12-2021)“…Abstract DNA repair systems allow microbes to survive in diverse environments that compromise chromosomal integrity. Pathogens such as…”
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Structure of the M. tuberculosis DnaK−GrpE complex reveals how key DnaK roles are controlled
Published in Nature communications (22-01-2024)“…The molecular chaperone DnaK is essential for viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). DnaK hydrolyzes ATP to fold substrates, and the resulting ADP is…”
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Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Signatures of Helper, Effector, and Regulatory MAIT Cells during Homeostasis and Activation
Published in The Journal of immunology (1950) (01-03-2022)“…Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are innate-like lymphocytes that recognize microbial vitamin B metabolites and have emerging roles in infectious…”
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The Canonical Wnt Pathway Drives Macropinocytosis in Cancer
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-08-2018)“…Macropinocytosis has emerged as an important pathway of protein acquisition in cancer cells, particularly in tumors with activated Ras such as pancreatic and…”
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Distinctive roles of translesion polymerases DinB1 and DnaE2 in diversification of the mycobacterial genome through substitution and frameshift mutagenesis
Published in Nature communications (02-08-2022)“…Antibiotic resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is exclusively a consequence of chromosomal mutations. Translesion synthesis (TLS) is a widely conserved…”
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Structure and function of the mycobacterial transcription initiation complex with the essential regulator RbpA
Published in eLife (09-01-2017)“…RbpA and CarD are essential transcription regulators in mycobacteria. Mechanistic analyses of promoter open complex (RPo) formation establish that RbpA and…”
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Longitudinal profiling reveals a persistent intestinal dysbiosis triggered by conventional anti-tuberculosis therapy
Published in Microbiome (07-07-2017)“…Effective treatment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection requires at least 6 months of daily therapy with multiple orally administered antibiotics…”
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The DnaK Chaperone System Buffers the Fitness Cost of Antibiotic Resistance Mutations in Mycobacteria
Published in mBio (30-03-2021)“…Chaperones aid in protein folding and maintenance of protein integrity. In doing so, they have the unique ability to directly stabilize resistance-conferring…”
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Diisonitrile Lipopeptides Mediate Resistance to Copper Starvation in Pathogenic Mycobacteria
Published in mBio (26-10-2022)“…Bacterial pathogens and their hosts engage in intense competition for critical nutrients during infection, including metals such as iron, copper, and zinc…”
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Synthesis, stabilization, and characterization of the MR1 ligand precursor 5-amino-6-D-ribitylaminouracil (5-A-RU)
Published in PloS one (05-02-2018)“…Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are an abundant class of innate T cells restricted by the MHC I-related molecule MR1. MAIT cells can recognize…”
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Gastrointestinal microbiota composition predicts peripheral inflammatory state during treatment of human tuberculosis
Published in Nature communications (18-02-2021)“…The composition of the gastrointestinal microbiota influences systemic immune responses, but how this affects infectious disease pathogenesis and antibiotic…”
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Integrated sensing of host stresses by inhibition of a cytoplasmic two-component system controls M. tuberculosis acute lung infection
Published in eLife (18-05-2021)“…Bacterial pathogens that infect phagocytic cells must deploy mechanisms that sense and neutralize host microbicidal effectors. For , the causative agent of…”
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Rifamycin congeners kanglemycins are active against rifampicin-resistant bacteria via a distinct mechanism
Published in Nature communications (08-10-2018)“…Rifamycin antibiotics (Rifs) target bacterial RNA polymerases (RNAPs) and are widely used to treat infections including tuberculosis. The utility of these…”
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Function of site-2 proteases in bacteria and bacterial pathogens
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-12-2013)“…Site-2 proteases (S2Ps) are a class of intramembrane metalloproteases named after the founding member of this protein family, human S2P, which control…”
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CarD Is an Essential Regulator of rRNA Transcription Required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persistence
Published in Cell (10-07-2009)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis is arguably the world's most successful infectious agent because of its ability to control its own cell growth within the host…”
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