Modeling nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in zebrafish

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The incidence of infections due to nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) has increased rapidly in recent years, surpassing tuberculosis in developed countries. Due to inherent antimicrobial resistance, NTM infections are particularly difficult to treat with low cure rates. There is an urgent need to understand NTM pathogenesis and to develop novel therapeutic approaches for the treatment of NTM diseases. Zebrafish have emerged as an excellent animal model due to genetic amenability and optical transparency during embryonic development, allowing spatiotemporal visualization of host-pathogen interactions. Furthermore, adult zebrafish possess fully functional innate and adaptive immunity and recapitulate important pathophysiological hallmarks of mycobacterial infection. Here, we report recent breakthroughs in understanding the hallmarks of NTM infections using the zebrafish model.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Enthalten in:

Trends in microbiology - (2023) vom: 21. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Johansen, Matt D [VerfasserIn]
Spaink, Herman P [VerfasserIn]
Oehlers, Stefan H [VerfasserIn]
Kremer, Laurent [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Host–pathogen interactions
Immune system
Infection
Journal Article
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Pathogenesis
Review
Zebrafish

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Date Revised 22.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1016/j.tim.2023.11.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366262769