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SUBMITTER: Liao Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6394253 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liao Yi Y Hussain Tariq T Liu Chunfa C Cui Yongyong Y Wang Jie J Yao Jiao J Chen Hehua H Song Yinjuan Y Sabir Naveed N Hussain Mazhar M Zhao Deming D Zhou Xiangmei X
Frontiers in immunology 20190221
<i>Mycobacterium bovis</i>, the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle and humans, infects host macrophages and induces endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS), mitochondrial damage, and interleukin (IL)-1β production. The relationship between these phenotypes is yet to be elucidated. In this study, we investigated the role of ERS in mitochondrial damage and IL-1β production in macrophages during infection with a virulent <i>M. bovis</i> strain. We found that ERS activates the inflammasome via NOD ...[more]