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ArticleWellcome open research2016

Pathogenic mycobacteria achieve cellular persistence by inhibiting the Niemann-Pick Type C disease cellular pathway.

Paul Fineran, Emyr Lloyd-Evans, Nathan A Lack, Nick Platt, Lianne C Davis, Anthony J Morgan, Doris Höglinger, Raju Venkata V Tatituri, Simon Clark, Ian M Williams and 11 more

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Article in Wellcome open research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Paul FineranDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Emyr Lloyd-EvansDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nathan A LackDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nick PlattDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lianne C DavisDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anthony J MorganDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Doris HöglingerDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6862-0076
Raju Venkata V TatituriDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Simon ClarkPublic Health England, Salisbury, UK.
Ian M WilliamsDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Patricia TynanDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Nada Al EisaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Evgeniya NazarovaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
Ann WilliamsPublic Health England, Salisbury, UK.
Antony GalioneDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Daniel S OryDiabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Gurdyal S BesraSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
David G RussellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
Michael B BrennerDepartment of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Edith SimDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Frances M PlattDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7614-0403
University of Michigan · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USCornell University · USPublic Health England · GBKingston University · GBKoç University · TRUniversity of Birmingham · GBWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

The Next Generation Immunoanalysis CoreP30AR069625 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CLARK, RACHAEL ANN · 2016 to 2025
$8.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR069625Wellcome Trust 084631Wellcome Trust 202834Wellcome Trust 202834/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTuberculosis remains a major global health concern. The ability to prevent phagosome-lysosome fusion is a key mechanism by which intracellular mycobacteria, including

methodsThe induction of NPC phenotypes in macrophages from wild-type mice or obtained from healthy human donors was assessed via infection with mycobacteria and subsequent measurement of lipid levels and intracellular calcium homeostasis. The effect of NPC therapeutics on intracellular mycobacterial load was also assessed.

resultsMacrophages infected with persistent intracellular mycobacteria phenocopied NPC cells, exhibiting accumulation of multiple lipid types, reduced lysosomal Ca

conclusionThese findings provide a novel mechanistic explanation for mycobacterial intracellular persistence, and suggest that targeting interactions between the mycobacteria and host cell pathways may provide a novel avenue for development of anti-TB therapies.

Indexed as

Lysosomal CalciumLysosomal Storage DiseasesNiemann-Pick Disease Type CTuberculosis

Identifiers

PMID28008422
PMCPMC5172425
OpenAlexW2551667458

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