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Elimination of intracellularly residing Mycobacterium tuberculosis through targeting of host and bacterial signaling mechanisms

Jayachandran, Rajesh and Scherr, Nicole and Pieters, Jean. (2012) Elimination of intracellularly residing Mycobacterium tuberculosis through targeting of host and bacterial signaling mechanisms. Expert review of anti-infective therapy, Vol. 10, H. 9. pp. 1007-1022.

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Abstract

With more than 2 billion latently infected people, TB continues to represent a serious threat to human health. According to the WHO, 1.1 million people died from TB in 2010, which is equal to approximately 3000 deaths per day. The causative agent of the disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a highly successful pathogen having evolved remarkable strategies to persist within the host. Although normally, upon phagocytosis by macrophages, bacteria are readily eliminated by lysosomes, pathogenic mycobacteria actively prevent destruction within macrophages. The strategies that pathogenic mycobacteria apply range from releasing virulence factors to manipulating host molecules resulting in the modulation of host signal transduction pathways in order to sustain their viability within the infected host. Here, we analyze the current status of how a better understanding of both the bacterial and host factors involved in virulence can be used to develop drugs that may be helpful to curb the TB epidemic.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Infection Biology > Biochemistry (Pieters)
09 Associated Institutions > Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) > Department of Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology (MPI) > Molecular Immunology (Pluschke)
UniBasel Contributors:Pieters, Jean and Scherr, Nicole
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Expert Reviews
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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