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A Family of IFN-γ–Inducible 65-kD GTPases Protects Against Bacterial Infection
Kim BH, Shenoy AR, Kumar P, Das R, Tiwari S, MacMicking JD. A Family of IFN-γ–Inducible 65-kD GTPases Protects Against Bacterial Infection. Science 2011, 332: 717-721. PMID: 21551061, DOI: 10.1126/science.1201711.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein gene familyCell-autonomous immunityMammalian host defenseHost defense proteinsGene-deficient animalsGene familyAutophagy effectorsDefense proteinsHuman genomeGuanosine triphosphataseHost genesComplete mouseIntracellular bacteriaPhagocyte oxidaseIntracellular pathogensPotent oxidativeAntimicrobial peptidesTrafficking programsHost defenseGenomeFunction analysisFamilyGBP1GenesGBP7Immune Control of Tuberculosis by IFN-γ-Inducible LRG-47
MacMicking JD, Taylor GA, McKinney JD. Immune Control of Tuberculosis by IFN-γ-Inducible LRG-47. Science 2003, 302: 654-659. PMID: 14576437, DOI: 10.1126/science.1088063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedComputational BiologyDisease SusceptibilityFemaleGTP PhosphohydrolasesGTP-Binding ProteinsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationImmunity, InnateInterferon-gammaMacrophage ActivationMacrophagesMacrophages, AlveolarMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMutationMycobacterium tuberculosisNitric Oxide SynthaseNitric Oxide Synthase Type IIOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhagosomesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionTuberculosisConceptsNitric oxide synthase 2LRG-47Principal effector mechanismDefective bacterial killingImmune controlEffector mechanismsMtb replicationImpaired maturationBacterial killingIntracellular pathogensMycobacterium tuberculosisHost macrophagesInfected host macrophagesSynthase 2TuberculosisIRG-47MtbIFNDiseaseMiceMacrophages
2009
Targeting of the GTPase Irgm1 to the phagosomal membrane via PtdIns(3,4)P2 and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 promotes immunity to mycobacteria
Tiwari S, Choi HP, Matsuzawa T, Pypaert M, MacMicking JD. Targeting of the GTPase Irgm1 to the phagosomal membrane via PtdIns(3,4)P2 and PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 promotes immunity to mycobacteria. Nature Immunology 2009, 10: 907-917. PMID: 19620982, PMCID: PMC2715447, DOI: 10.1038/ni.1759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCells, CulturedGTP-Binding ProteinsImmunity, InnateInterferon-gammaIntracellular MembranesLysosomesMacrophagesMiceMycobacterium tuberculosisPhagosomesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphatidylinositol PhosphatesProtein BindingProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein TransportSignal TransductionSNARE Proteins