Search Results - "Miller, Brittany K."
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Efficacy of pyrazinoic acid dry powder aerosols in resolving necrotic and non-necrotic granulomas in a guinea pig model of tuberculosis
Published in PloS one (27-09-2018)“…New therapeutic strategies are needed to treat drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) and to improve treatment for drug sensitive TB. Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis SatS is a chaperone for the SecA2 protein export pathway
Published in eLife (03-01-2019)“…The SecA2 protein export system is critical for the virulence of . However, the mechanism of this export pathway remains unclear. Through a screen for…”
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Allosteric regulation of exocyst: Discrete activation of tethering by two spatial signals
Published in The Journal of cell biology (06-03-2023)“…The exocyst imparts spatial control during exocytic vesicle tethering through its interactions with proteins and lipids on the vesicle and the plasma membrane…”
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Pharmacokinetic Considerations for Optimizing Inhaled Spray-Dried Pyrazinoic Acid Formulations
Published in Molecular pharmaceutics (04-09-2023)“…Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains a leading cause of death with 1.6 million deaths worldwide reported in 2021. Oral…”
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An orphaned Mce‐associated membrane protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a virulence factor that stabilizes Mce transporters
Published in Molecular microbiology (01-04-2016)“…Summary Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins that are exported out of the bacterial cytoplasm are ideally positioned to be virulence factors; however, the…”
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Structural Similarities and Differences between Two Functionally Distinct SecA Proteins, Mycobacterium tuberculosis SecA1 and SecA2
Published in Journal of bacteriology (01-02-2016)“…While SecA is the ATPase component of the major bacterial secretory (Sec) system, mycobacteria and some Gram-positive pathogens have a second paralog, SecA2…”
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The Sec Pathways and Exportomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published in Microbiology spectrum (01-04-2017)“…All bacteria utilize pathways to export proteins from the cytoplasm to the bacterial cell envelope or extracellular space. Many exported proteins function in…”
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VBP15, a novel anti‐inflammatory and membrane‐stabilizer, improves muscular dystrophy without side effects
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-10-2013)“…Absence of dystrophin makes skeletal muscle more susceptible to injury, resulting in breaches of the plasma membrane and chronic inflammation in Duchenne…”
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Long-term treatment with naproxcinod significantly improves skeletal and cardiac disease phenotype in the mdx mouse model of dystrophy
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-06-2014)“…In Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients and the mouse model of DMD, mdx, dystrophin deficiency causes a decrease and mislocalization of muscle-specific…”
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An orphaned M ce‐associated membrane protein of M ycobacterium tuberculosis is a virulence factor that stabilizes M ce transporters
Published in Molecular microbiology (01-04-2016)“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins that are exported out of the bacterial cytoplasm are ideally positioned to be virulence factors; however, the functions of…”
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