Mycobacterium tuberculosis hypoxic response protein 1 (Hrp1) augments the pro-inflammatory response and enhances the survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis in murine macrophages.

CONCLUSION: M. tuberculosis protein Rv2626c plays a significant role in stimulating macrophages to provoke a pro-inflammatory response and in mycobacterial survival during infection. PMID: 28671529 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28671529?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - July 3, 2017 Category: Microbiology Authors: Sun C, Yang G, Yuan J, Peng X, Zhang C, Zhai X, Luo T, Bao L Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research