Advancing host-directed therapy for tuberculosis: new therapeutic insights from the Toxoplasma gondii

March 2, 2017

This article comments on work published by Koh et al. (PLoS Pathog, 2017), which uncovered that infection-induced signaling pathways suggest possibilities for the development of novel therapeutic modalities for TB that target the intracellular signaling pathways permitting the replication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).

House of cellulose – a new hideout for drug tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis

June 23, 2016

This article comments on work published by Trivedi et al. (Nat Commun, 2016), which shows that Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells organise themselves into biofilms in response to intracellular thiol reductive stress.

Learning epigenetic regulation from mycobacteria

January 18, 2016

This article comments on work published by Koshla et al. (Nat Commun, 2015), which shows that pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis has evolved strategies to hijack the epigenetic regulation of host transcripton for its own survival.

Cytokinins beyond plants: synthesis by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

May 4, 2015

This microreview discusses "Proteasomal Control of Cytokinin Synthesis Protects Mycobacterium tuberculosis against Nitric Oxide" by Samanovic et al. (2015), Mol Cell.