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ArticlePloS one2010

Transcriptional reprogramming in nonhuman primate (rhesus macaque) tuberculosis granulomas.

Smriti Mehra, Bapi Pahar, Noton K Dutta, Cecily N Conerly, Kathrine Philippi-Falkenstein, Xavier Alvarez, Deepak Kaushal

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Smriti MehraDivisions of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America.
Bapi Pahar
Noton K Dutta
Cecily N Conerly
Kathrine Philippi-Falkenstein
Xavier Alvarez
Deepak Kaushal
Tulane University · US

Funding

ZCM:A NOVEL BROAD-SPECTRUM MICROBICIDE FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSP51RR000164 · NCRR · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI VEAZEY, RONALD S. · 1985 to 2011
$100.1M
TNF AND MCP-1 IN RETROVIRUS-INDUCED BRAIN DISEASEP20RR020159 · NCRR · LOUISIANA STATE UNIV A&M COL BATON ROUGE · PI PAHAR, BAPI · 2004 to 2011
$16.1M
Genetic Requirements for the survival of Tubercle Bacilli in Nonhuman PrimatesR01AI089323 · NIAID · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI KAUSHAL, DEEPAK · 2010 to 2014
$3.2M
Role of miRNA in lung damage during TB and TB/AIDS Co-infectionR21AI091457 · NIAID · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI KAUSHAL, DEEPAK · 2010 to 2011
$452k
Macaque model of TB/AIDS co-infection via natural routes of exposureR21RR026006 · NCRR · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI KAUSHAL, DEEPAK · 2009 to 2010
$452k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR020159NCRR NIH HHS P51 RR000164NCRR NIH HHS R21 RR026006NCRR NIH HHS RR164NIAID NIH HHS AI089323NIAID NIH HHS AI091457NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI089323NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI091457
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn response to Mtb infection, the host remodels the infection foci into a dense mass of cells known as the granuloma. The key objective of the granuloma is to contain the spread of Mtb into uninfected regions of the lung. However, it appears that Mtb has evolved mechanisms to resist killing in the granuloma. Profiling granuloma transcriptome will identify key immune signaling pathways active during TB infection. Such studies are not possible in human granulomas, due to various confounding factors. Nonhuman Primates (NHPs) infected with Mtb accurately reflect human TB in clinical and pathological contexts. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsWe studied transcriptomics of granuloma lesions in the lungs of NHPs exhibiting active TB, during early and late stages of infection. Early TB lesions were characterized by a highly pro-inflammatory environment, expressing high levels of immune signaling pathways involving IFNgamma, TNFalpha, JAK, STAT and C-C/C-X-C chemokines. Late TB lesions, while morphologically similar to the early ones, exhibited an overwhelming silencing of the inflammatory response. Reprogramming of the granuloma transcriptome was highly significant. The expression of approximately two-thirds of all genes induced in early lesions was later repressed. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The transcriptional characteristics of TB granulomas undergo drastic changes during the course of infection. The overwhelming reprogramming of the initial pro-inflammatory surge in late lesions may be a host strategy to limit immunopathology. We propose that these host profiles can predict changes in bacterial replication and physiology, perhaps serving as markers for latency and reactivation.

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Gene Expression ProfilingMacaca mulattaAnimalsLungLung DiseasesLymphocyte ActivationLymphocytesMycobacterium tuberculosisTime FactorsTuberculoma

Identifiers

PMID20824205
PMCPMC2930844
OpenAlexW2084655279

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