Potentiation of rifampin activity in a mouse model of tuberculosis by activation of host transcription factor EB.

Efforts at host-directed therapy of tuberculosis have produced little control of the disease in experimental animals to date. This is not surprising, given that few specific host targets have been validated, and reciprocally, many of the compounds tested potentially impact multiple targets with both...

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Main Authors: Ruslana Bryk, Shashirekha Mundhra, Xiuju Jiang, Madeleine Wood, Daniel Pfau, Elaina Weber, Suna Park, Li Zhang, Colin Wilson, Renier Van der Westhuyzen, Leslie Street, Kelly Chibale, Matthew Zimmerman, Véronique Dartois, Nunzia Pastore, Andrea Ballabio, Natalie Hawryluk, Stacie Canan, Vikram Khetani, Joseph Camardo, Carl Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008567