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ArticleThe open microbiology journal2009

The toll-like receptor 2/6 ligand MALP-2 reduces the viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in murine macrophages.

Carla Palma, Elisabetta Iona, Thomas Ebensen, Carlos A Guzman, Antonio Cassone

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Article in The open microbiology journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 46% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Carla PalmaDepartment of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. carla.palma@iss.it
Elisabetta Iona
Thomas Ebensen
Carlos A Guzman
Antonio Cassone
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) sense conserved structures of pathogens and influence macrophage functions. Here we investigated the impact of TLR signaling on the modulation of macrophage defense mechanisms against infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the causative agent of tuberculosis. We found that a synthetic derivative of the TLR2/6 agonist MALP-2 and the potent TLR4 agonist lipopolysaccharide inhibited the intracellular growth of MTB in murine macrophages. Likely the microbicidal effect was mediated by production of nitric oxide while it is still unclear the role played by release of TNF-α , IL-6, MIP-1β and IL-10. These results suggest that the activation of microbicidal defense via TLR ligands is an appealing target for the establishment on immune intervention against tuberculosis.

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cytokineskilling mechanisms.macrophagesMycobacterium tuberculosisnitric oxideToll-like receptor ligands

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PMID19471610
PMCPMC2685717
OpenAlexW2156888939

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