Escape of Mtb from the phagocyte

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R-HSA-9637679
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Homo sapiens
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Escape of Mtb from the phagocyte
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The roughly constant numbers of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) during the chronic phase of infection are due to a balance between rapid replication and death (McDaniel et al. 2016). The relatively safe environment for Mtb in the phagocyte's phagosome is overcome when about 20-25 bacterial cells accumulate (Repasy et al. 2013). First, the phagosomal membrane is destroyed. Then, by injuring mitochondria and depleting NAD+, cell necrosis is started, resulting in Mtb escape (Lee et al. 2011).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
23436998 Intracellular bacillary burden reflects a burst size for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in vivo

Repasy, T, Lee, J, Marino, S, Martinez, N, Kirschner, DE, Hendricks, G, Baker, S, Wilson, AA, Kotton, DN, Kornfeld, H

PLoS Pathog. 2013
27379030 Quantifying Limits on Replication, Death, and Quiescence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mice

McDaniel, MM, Krishna, N, Handagama, WG, Eda, S, Ganusov, VV

Front Microbiol 2016
21483832 Mycobacterium tuberculosis induces an atypical cell death mode to escape from infected macrophages

Lee, J, Repasy, T, Papavinasasundaram, K, Sassetti, C, Kornfeld, H

PLoS ONE 2011
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biological process involved in interaction with host (0051701)
Disease
Name Identifier Synonyms
tuberculosis DOID:399 tuberculous abscess, Tuberculoma (finding), tuberculoma
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Authored
Stephan, R  (2019-02-06)
Reviewed
Deffur, A  (2019-10-23)
Wilkinson, RJ  (2019-10-23)
Created
Jassal, B  (2019-02-19)
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