Communications Biology (May 2022)

Human M1 macrophages express unique innate immune response genes after mycobacterial infection to defend against tuberculosis

  • Arshad Khan,
  • Kangling Zhang,
  • Vipul K. Singh,
  • Abhishek Mishra,
  • Priyanka Kachroo,
  • Tian Bing,
  • Jong Hak Won,
  • Arunmani Mani,
  • Ramesha Papanna,
  • Lovepreet K. Mann,
  • Eder Ledezma-Campos,
  • Genesis Aguillon-Duran,
  • David H. Canaday,
  • Sunil A. David,
  • Blanca I. Restrepo,
  • Nhung Nguyen Viet,
  • Ha Phan,
  • Edward A. Graviss,
  • James M. Musser,
  • Deepak Kaushal,
  • Marie Claire Gauduin,
  • Chinnaswamy Jagannath

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03387-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Khan et al. use human blood and a macaque model of tuberculosis (TB) to assess whether macrophage heterogeneity contributes to TB immunity. They demonstrate that human macrophages show unique patterns of gene expression that enable differential control of TB after infection.