Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with severe tuberculosis evades cytosolic surveillance systems and modulates IL-1β production

  • Jeremy Sousa,
  • Baltazar Cá,
  • Ana Raquel Maceiras,
  • Luisa Simões-Costa,
  • Kaori L. Fonseca,
  • Ana Isabel Fernandes,
  • Angélica Ramos,
  • Teresa Carvalho,
  • Leandro Barros,
  • Carlos Magalhães,
  • Álvaro Chiner-Oms,
  • Henrique Machado,
  • Maria Isabel Veiga,
  • Albel Singh,
  • Rui Pereira,
  • António Amorim,
  • Jorge Vieira,
  • Cristina P. Vieira,
  • Apoorva Bhatt,
  • Fernando Rodrigues,
  • Pedro N. S. Rodrigues,
  • Sebastien Gagneux,
  • António Gil Castro,
  • João Tiago Guimarães,
  • Helder Novais Bastos,
  • Nuno S. Osório,
  • Iñaki Comas,
  • Margarida Saraiva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15832-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Some strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis seem to be able to avoid host defense systems. Here the authors stratify patients by severity of tuberculosis and find correlations with the level of IL-1β production by macrophages exposed to these isolates.