PGL I expression in live bacteria allows activation of a CD206/PPARγ cross-talk that may contribute to successful Mycobacterium leprae colonization of peripheral nerves.

Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular bacillus, infects Schwann cells (SCs), leading to peripheral nerve damage, the most severe leprosy symptom. In the present study, we revisited the involvement of phenolic glycolipid I (PGL I), an abundant, private, surface M. leprae molecule, in M. lep...

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Main Authors: Chyntia Carolina Díaz Acosta, André Alves Dias, Thabatta Leal Silveira Andrezo Rosa, Leonardo Ribeiro Batista-Silva, Patricia Sammarco Rosa, Thiago Gomes Toledo-Pinto, Fabrício da Mota Ramalho Costa, Flávio Alves Lara, Luciana Silva Rodrigues, Katherine Antunes Mattos, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Patrícia Torres Bozza, Christophe Guilhot, Márcia de Berrêdo-Pinho, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6056075?pdf=render