| Literature DB >> 31580738 |
Xiaowen Yu1, Jing Feng1, Lu Huang2, Hongyan Gao1, Jinkun Liu1, Shutong Bai1, Bin Wu1, Jianping Xie3.
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis proline-glutamic acid (PE)/proline-proline-glutamic acid (PPE) family proteins, with >160 members, are crucial for virulence, cell wall, host cell fate, host Th1/Th2 balance, and CD8+ T cell recognition. Ca2+ signaling is involved in PE/PPE protein-mediated host-pathogen interaction. PE/PPE proteins also function in heme utilization and nitric oxide production. PE/PPE family proteins are intensively pursued as diagnosis biomarkers and vaccine components.Entities:
Keywords: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PE/PPE proteins; diagnosis biomarker; host immunity; vaccine
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31580738 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2019.4852
Source DB: PubMed Journal: DNA Cell Biol ISSN: 1044-5498 Impact factor: 3.311