Search Results - "Schlesinger, Larry S"
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Innate Immune Gene Polymorphisms in Tuberculosis
Published in Infection and Immunity (01-10-2012)“…Classifications Services IAI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Lethality of SARS-CoV-2 infection in K18 human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 transgenic mice
Published in Nature communications (30-11-2020)“…Vaccine and antiviral development against SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 disease would benefit from validated small animal models. Here, we show that…”
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Activation of transcription factor CREB in human macrophages by Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes bacterial survival, reduces NF-kB nuclear transit and limits phagolysosome fusion by reduced necroptotic signaling
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2023)“…Macrophages are a first line of defense against pathogens. However, certain invading microbes modify macrophage responses to promote their own survival and…”
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Modeling the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Granuloma - the Critical Battlefield in Host Immunity and Disease
Published in Frontiers in immunology (01-01-2013)“…Granulomas are the hallmark of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection and thus sit at the center of tuberculosis (TB) immunopathogenesis. TB can result…”
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Impact of diabetes on the natural history of tuberculosis
Published in Diabetes research and clinical practice (01-11-2014)“…Highlights • The current rise in diabetes mellitus (DM) worldwide has led to the re-emerging importance of DM to tuberculosis control. • We review the impact…”
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Modeling Granulomas in Response to Infection in the Lung
Published in PloS one (17-03-2016)“…Alveolar macrophages play a large role in the innate immune response of the lung. However, when these highly immune-regulatory cells are unable to eradicate…”
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Macrophage nuclear receptors: Emerging key players in infectious diseases
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-03-2019)“…Nuclear receptors (NRs) are ligand-activated transcription factors that are expressed in a variety of cells, including macrophages. For decades, NRs have been…”
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Human Genetic Determinants of Viral Diseases
Published in Annual review of genetics (27-11-2017)“…Much progress has been made in the identification of specific human gene variants that contribute to enhanced susceptibility or resistance to viral diseases…”
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Current Sarcoidosis Models and the Importance of Focusing on the Granuloma
Published in Frontiers in immunology (04-08-2020)“…The inability to effectively model sarcoidosis in the laboratory or in animals continues to hinder the discovery and translation of new, targeted treatments…”
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Phagocytosis via complement or Fc-gamma receptors is compromised in monocytes from type 2 diabetes patients with chronic hyperglycemia
Published in PloS one (26-03-2014)“…Type 2 diabetes patients (DM2) have a higher risk of tuberculosis (TB) that may be attributed to functional defects in their mononuclear phagocytes given the…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipomannan blocks TNF biosynthesis by regulating macrophage MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2) and microRNA miR-125b
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (18-10-2011)“…Contact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) with the immune system requires interactions between microbial surface molecules and host pattern recognition…”
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AmpliSeq transcriptome analysis of human alveolar and monocyte-derived macrophages over time in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Published in PloS one (30-05-2018)“…Human alveolar macrophages (HAM) are primary bacterial niche and immune response cells during Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection, and human blood…”
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Myeloid cell interferon responses correlate with clearance of SARS-CoV-2
Published in Nature communications (03-02-2022)“…Emergence of mutant SARS-CoV-2 strains associated with an increased risk of COVID-19-related death necessitates better understanding of the early viral…”
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Ornithine-A urea cycle metabolite enhances autophagy and controls Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Published in Nature communications (15-07-2020)“…Macrophages are professional phagocytes known to play a vital role in controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and disease progression. Here we…”
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PPARγ is critical for Mycobacterium tuberculosis induction of Mcl-1 and limitation of human macrophage apoptosis
Published in PLoS pathogens (01-06-2018)“…Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)γ is a global transcriptional regulator associated with anti-inflammatory actions. It is highly expressed in…”
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Caspase-11 Promotes the Fusion of Phagosomes Harboring Pathogenic Bacteria with Lysosomes by Modulating Actin Polymerization
Published in Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) (27-07-2012)“…Inflammasomes are multiprotein complexes that include members of the NLR (nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat containing) family and caspase-1. Once…”
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Modeling the immune rheostat of macrophages in the lung in response to infection
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (07-07-2009)“…In the lung, alternatively activated macrophages (AAM) form the first line of defense against microbial infection. Due to the highly regulated nature of AAM,…”
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M. tuberculosis-Initiated Human Mannose Receptor Signaling Regulates Macrophage Recognition and Vesicle Trafficking by FcRγ-Chain, Grb2, and SHP-1
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (03-10-2017)“…Despite its prominent role as a C-type lectin (CTL) pattern recognition receptor, mannose receptor (MR, CD206)-specific signaling molecules and pathways are…”
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Human isotype‐dependent inhibitory antibody responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-11-2016)“…Accumulating evidence from experimental animal models suggests that antibodies play a protective role against tuberculosis (TB). However, little is known about…”
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Zinc Modulates Endotoxin-Induced Human Macrophage Inflammation through ZIP8 Induction and C/EBPβ Inhibition
Published in PloS one (01-01-2017)“…Two vital functions of the innate immune system are to initiate inflammation and redistribute micronutrients in favor of the host. Zinc is an essential…”
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