TB Research

Profiling the immune response to <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Beijing family infection: a perspective from the transcriptome

Cerezo-Cortés María Irene, Juan Germán Rodríguez–Castillo, Gamaliel López-Leal, Mata-Espinosa Dulce Adriana, Estela Isabel Bini, Marquina–Casitllo Brenda Nohemí, Barrios Payán Jorge, Zatarain-Barrón Zyanya Lucía, et al. (13 authors)

Virulence · 2021-07

Abstract

, highlighting an anti-inflammatory milieu which would allow high bacterial replication followed by an intense inflammatory response. In summary, both Beijing strains induced a non-protective immune response which induced extensive tissue damage, BL strain induced rapidly extensive pneumonia and death, whereas Classical-Beijing strain produced slower extensive pneumonia later associated with extensive necrosis.

MeSH terms

  • Biology
  • Transcriptome
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • Immune system
  • Tuberculosis
  • Profiling (computer programming)
  • Virology
  • Gene expression profiling
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Computational biology
  • Genetics