Corticosteroids inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced necrotic host cell death by abrogating mitochondrial membrane permeability transition

Corticosteroids inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced necrotic host cell death by abrogating mitochondrial membrane permeability transition

Corticosteroids are host-directed drugs that enhance survival of tuberculosis patients through unclear mechanisms. Here, Gräb et al. show that corticosteroids inhibit necrotic death of cells infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis by facilitating MKP-1-dependent dephosphorylation of p38 MAPK.

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Main Authors: Jessica Gräb, Isabelle Suárez, Edeltraud van Gumpel, Sandra Winter, Fynn Schreiber, Anna Esser, Christoph Hölscher, Melanie Fritsch, Marc Herb, Michael Schramm, Laurens Wachsmuth, Christian Pallasch, Manolis Pasparakis, Hamid Kashkar, Jan Rybniker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08405-9

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08405-9

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