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ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium tuberculosis
SUBMITTER: Michael Shiloh
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-11096 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Shiloh Michael U MU Manzanillo Paolo P Cox Jeffery S JS
Cell host & microbe 20080501 5
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) expresses a set of genes known as the dormancy regulon in vivo. These genes are expressed in vitro in response to nitric oxide (NO) or hypoxia, conditions used to model MTB persistence in latent infection. Although NO, a macrophage product that inhibits respiration, and hypoxia are likely triggers in vivo, additional cues could activate the dormancy regulon during infection. Here, we show that MTB infection stimulates expression of heme oxygenase (HO-1) by macrop ...[more]