Macrophages serve as the primary immune cells responsible for the innate immune defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection within the host. Specifically, NLRP3, a member of the NLRs family, plays a significant role in conferring resistance against MTB infection. Conversely, MTB evades innate immune killing by impeding the activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, although the precise mechanism remains uncertain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Mtb can overcome macrophage intracellular killing and lead to persistent infections. The proteases of Mtb are critical virulence factors that participate in immune responses.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFl-Arginine serves as a carbon and nitrogen source and is critical for (Mtb) survival in the host. Generally, ArgR acts as a repressor regulating arginine biosynthesis by binding to the promoter of the gene cluster. In this study, we report that the dormancy regulator DosR is a novel arginine regulator binding to the promoter region of (), which regulates arginine synthesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExtracellular DNases/nucleases are important virulence factors in many bacteria. However, no DNase/nucleases have been reported in Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), which is a pathogen of paratuberculosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatatin-like phospholipases (PLPs) are important virulence factors of many pathogens. However, there are no prevailing studies regarding PLPs as a virulence factor of (Mtb). Analysis of Rv3091, a putative protein of Mtb, shows that it belongs to the PLPs family.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerine protease is the virulence factor of many pathogens. However, there are no prevailing data available for serine protease as a virulence factor derived from Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP).
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