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A recombinant bovine adenoviral mucosal vaccine expressing mycobacterial antigen-85B generates robust protection against tuberculosis in mice.
Cell reports. Medicine.
2021
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Human monocyte-derived macrophage responses to M. tuberculosis differ by the host's tuberculosis, diabetes or obesity status, and are enhanced by rapamycin.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2020
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Hyperglycemia and dyslipidemia: Reduced HLA-DR expression in monocyte subpopulations from diabetes patients.
Human immunology.
2020
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NOD2/RIG-I Activating Inarigivir Adjuvant Enhances the Efficacy of BCG Vaccine Against Tuberculosis in Mice.
Frontiers in immunology.
2020
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GM-CSF Dependent Differential Control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Human and Mouse Macrophages: Is Macrophage Source of GM-CSF Critical to Tuberculosis Immunity?.
Frontiers in immunology.
2020
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Emerging Prevention and Treatment Strategies to Control COVID-19.
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland).
2020
Review
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Human mesenchymal stem cell based intracellular dormancy model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Microbes and infection.
2020
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Times cited: 6 - Commentary: Bettering BCG: a tough task for a TB vaccine?. Frontiers in immunology. 2019 Comment GET IT
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An autophagy-inducing and TLR-2 activating BCG vaccine induces a robust protection against tuberculosis in mice.
NPJ vaccines.
2019
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Macrophage heterogeneity and plasticity in tuberculosis.
Journal of leukocyte biology.
2019
Review
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Sphingosine kinase 1-associated autophagy differs between neurons and astrocytes.
Cell death & disease.
2018
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Pathogenesis and Animal Models of Post-Primary (Bronchogenic) Tuberculosis, A Review.
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland).
2018
Review
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Supramolecular Peptide Nanofibers Engage Mechanisms of Autophagy in Antigen-Presenting Cells.
ACS omega.
2017
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Prophylactic Sublingual Immunization with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Subunit Vaccine Incorporating the Natural Killer T Cell Agonist Alpha-Galactosylceramide Enhances Protective Immunity to Limit Pulmonary and Extra-Pulmonary Bacterial Burden in Mice.
Vaccines.
2017
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Mesenchymal stem cells internalize Mycobacterium tuberculosis through scavenger receptors and restrict bacterial growth through autophagy.
Scientific reports.
2017
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Analysis of host-pathogen modulators of autophagy during Mycobacterium Tuberculosis infection and therapeutic repercussions.
International reviews of immunology.
2017
Review
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Pattern recognition receptors and coordinated cellular pathways involved in tuberculosis immunopathogenesis: Emerging concepts and perspectives.
Molecular immunology.
2017
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Cord factor as an invisibility cloak? A hypothesis for asymptomatic TB persistence.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2016
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Emerging role of mesenchymal stem cells during tuberculosis: The fifth element in cell mediated immunity.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2016
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Pathogenesis of post primary tuberculosis: immunity and hypersensitivity in the development of cavities.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science.
2014
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BCG vaccine mediated reduction in the MHC-II expression of macrophages and dendritic cells is reversed by activation of Toll-like receptors 7 and 9.
Cellular immunology.
2013
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Times cited: 31 - 3rd Texas Tuberculosis Research Symposium: strengthening of TB research in the border state. Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland). 2013 Editorial Article GET IT
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Harnessing of TLR-mediated autophagy to combat mycobacteria in macrophages.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2013
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Autophagy regulates phagocytosis by modulating the expression of scavenger receptors.
Immunity.
2013
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Nitrite reductase NirBD is induced and plays an important role during in vitro dormancy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Journal of bacteriology.
2013
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The fbpA/sapM double knock out strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is highly attenuated and immunogenic in macrophages.
PloS one.
2012
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Transient aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins is a cytosolic unfolded protein response to inflammation and endoplasmic reticulum stress.
The Journal of biological chemistry.
2012
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Rapamycin-induced enhancement of vaccine efficacy in mice.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).
2012
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Uptake of silica and carbon nanotubes by human macrophages/monocytes induces activation of fibroblasts in vitro -- potential implication for pathogenesis of inflammation and fibrotic diseases.
International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology.
2012
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A defect in the synthesis of Interferon-γ by the T cells of Complement-C5 deficient mice leads to enhanced susceptibility for tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2011
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OsmC proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis protect against organic hydroperoxide stress.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2011
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The ΔfbpA attenuated candidate vaccine from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, H37Rv primes for a stronger T-bet dependent Th1 immunity in mice.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2011
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Cutting edge: Nicastrin and related components of γ-secretase generate a peptide epitope facilitating immune recognition of intracellular mycobacteria, through MHC class II-dependent priming of T cells.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950).
2011
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A Novel in vitro Human Macrophage Model to Study the Persistence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Using Vitamin D(3) and Retinoic Acid Activated THP-1 Macrophages.
Frontiers in microbiology.
2011
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Anti-tuberculosis immunity induced in mice by vaccination with Mycobacterium smegmatis over-expressing Antigen 85B is due to the increased influx of IFNgamma-positive CD4 T cells into the lungs.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2009
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Pulmonary surfactant and tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2009
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Autophagy enhances the efficacy of BCG vaccine by increasing peptide presentation in mouse dendritic cells.
Nature medicine.
2009
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Times cited: 385 -
Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate on the surface of Mycobacterium tuberculosis modulates surface marker expression for antigen presentation and costimulation in murine macrophages.
Microbes and infection.
2008
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Times cited: 46 -
The Delta fbpA mutant derived from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv has an enhanced susceptibility to intracellular antimicrobial oxidative mechanisms, undergoes limited phagosome maturation and activates macrophages and dendritic cells.
Cellular microbiology.
2008
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Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor-mediated innate responses in tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2007
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Complement C5a anaphylatoxin is an innate determinant of dendritic cell-induced Th1 immunity to Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection in mice.
Journal of leukocyte biology.
2007
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Pathology of postprimary tuberculosis in humans and mice: contradiction of long-held beliefs.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland).
2007
Review
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The reduced bactericidal function of complement C5-deficient murine macrophages is associated with defects in the synthesis and delivery of reactive oxygen radicals to mycobacterial phagosomes.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950).
2006
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Processing and presentation of a mycobacterial antigen 85B epitope by murine macrophages is dependent on the phagosomal acquisition of vacuolar proton ATPase and in situ activation of cathepsin D.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950).
2006
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Modulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis proliferation by MtrA, an essential two-component response regulator.
Molecular microbiology.
2006
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Times cited: 129 -
Trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate and lipid in the pathogenesis of caseating granulomas of tuberculosis in mice.
The American journal of pathology.
2006
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Times cited: 125 -
Multiple roles of cord factor in the pathogenesis of primary, secondary, and cavitary tuberculosis, including a revised description of the pathology of secondary disease.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science.
2006
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Times cited: 160 -
Methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MsrA) deficiency affects the survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis within macrophages.
Journal of bacteriology.
2004
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Hypersusceptibility of A/J mice to tuberculosis is in part due to a deficiency of the fifth complement component (C5).
Scandinavian journal of immunology.
2000
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Cytokine mRNA expression and serum cortisol evaluation during murine lung inflammation induced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening.
2000
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Effect of poloxamer CRL-1072 on drug uptake and nitric-oxide-mediated killing of Mycobacterium avium by macrophages.
Immunopharmacology.
2000
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Activity of poloxamer CRL-1072 against drug-sensitive and resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages and in mice.
International journal of antimicrobial agents.
2000
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Times cited: 15 -
Identification of viable and non-viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mouse organs by directed RT-PCR for antigen 85B mRNA.
Microbial pathogenesis.
2000
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Apoptosis in mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice exhibiting varied immunopathology.
The Journal of pathology.
2000
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Relationship of survival, organism containment, and granuloma formation in acute murine tuberculosis.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research.
1999
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Gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric identification and quantification of aniline after extraction from serum and derivatization with 4-carbethoxyhexafluorobutyryl chloride, a new derivative.
Therapeutic drug monitoring.
1999
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CRL-1072 enhances antimycobacterial activity of human macrophages through interleukin-8.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research.
1999
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Significantly improved oral uptake of amikacin in FVB mice in the presence of CRL-1605 copolymer.
Life sciences.
1999
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Times cited: 26 -
Induction of nitric oxide in human monocytes and monocyte cell lines by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Nitric oxide : biology and chemistry.
1998
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Times cited: 89 -
Use of nonionic block copolymers in vaccines and therapeutics.
Critical reviews in therapeutic drug carrier systems.
1998
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Immunohistochemical study of the expression of human groEL-stress protein in human nervous tissue.
The Indian journal of medical research.
1996
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Activities of poloxamer CRL8131 against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vitro and in vivo.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy.
1995
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Chemotherapeutic activity of clofazimine and its analogues against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In vitro, intracellular, and in vivo studies.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine.
1995
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Enhancement of drug susceptibility of multi-drug resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by ethambutol and dimethyl sulphoxide.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.
1995
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Times cited: 27