Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Regulation of phagocyte triglyceride by a STAT-ATG2 pathway controls mycobacterial infection

  • Claire B. Péan,
  • Mark Schiebler,
  • Sharon W. S. Tan,
  • Jessica A. Sharrock,
  • Katrin Kierdorf,
  • Karen P. Brown,
  • M. Charlotte Maserumule,
  • Shinelle Menezes,
  • Martina Pilátová,
  • Kévin Bronda,
  • Pierre Guermonprez,
  • Brian M. Stramer,
  • R. Andres Floto,
  • Marc S. Dionne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14642
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Cytokines and their associated pathways can affect survival ofMycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages, representing potential targets for host-directed therapies. Here, Péan et al. show that cytokine-STAT signalling promotes mycobacterial survival within macrophages by deregulating lipid droplet homeostasis.