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Genome-wide mosaicism within Mycobacterium abscessus: evolutionary and epidemiological implications

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Comparing the harmful effects of nontuberculous mycobacteria and Gram negative bacteria on lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis

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Autophagy-Related Proteins Target Ubiquitin-Free Mycobacterial Compartment to Promote Killing in Macrophages

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Differentially Activates cGAS- and Inflammasome-Dependent Intracellular Immune Responses through ESX-1

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Insights on the Emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Analysis of Mycobacterium kansasii

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Epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacteria among patients with cystic fibrosis in Scandinavia

(2015) Tavs Qvist et al.   Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Insights into the smooth-to-rough transitioning in Mycobacterium bolletii unravels a functional Tyr residue conserved in all mycobacterial MmpL family members

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Cytosolic Access of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Critical Impact of Phagosomal Acidification Control and Demonstration of Occurrence In Vivo

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Mycobacterium abscessus Phospholipase C Expression Is Induced during Coculture within Amoebae and Enhances M. abscessus Virulence in Mice

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 -Lactamase inhibition by avibactam in Mycobacterium abscessus

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Bacteria–autophagy interplay: a battle for survival

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Genomic reconnaissance of clinical isolates of emerging human pathogen Mycobacterium abscessus reveals high evolutionary potential

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Identification and characterization of the genetic changes responsible for the characteristic smooth-to-rough morphotype alterations of clinically persistentMycobacterium abscessus

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Mycobacteria manipulate macrophage recruitment through coordinated use of membrane lipids

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ESX-1-mediated translocation to the cytosol controls virulence of mycobacteria

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Phosphorylation of Mycobacterial PcaA Inhibits Mycolic Acid Cyclopropanation

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Mycobacterial Induction of Autophagy Varies by Species and Occurs Independently of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibition

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Phagosomal Rupture by Mycobacterium tuberculosis Results in Toxicity and Host Cell Death

(2012) Roxane Simeone et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Deletion of the mmpL4b gene in the Mycobacterium abscessus glycopeptidolipid biosynthetic pathway results in loss of surface colonization capability, but enhanced ability to replicate in human macrophages and stimulate their innate immune response

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Mycobacterium abscessus Glycopeptidolipid Prevents Respiratory Epithelial TLR2 Signaling as Measured by HβD2 Gene Expression and IL-8 Release

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Overexpression of proinflammatory TLR-2-signalling lipoproteins in hypervirulent mycobacterial variants

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Epidemic of surgical-site infections by a single clone of rapidly growing mycobacteria in Brazil

(2010) Sylvia Cardoso Leão et al.   Future Microbiology

Chronic Mycobacterium abscessus infection and lung function decline in cystic fibrosis

(2010) Charles R. Esther et al.   Journal of Cystic Fibrosis

Mycobacterium requires an all-around closely apposing phagosome membrane to maintain the maturation block and this apposition is re-established when it rescues itself from phagolysosomes

(2009) Chantal de Chastellier et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The many niches and strategies used by pathogenic mycobacteria for survival within host macrophages

(2009) Chantal de Chastellier   IMMUNOBIOLOGY

Multicenter Study of Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis in France

(2009) A.-L. Roux et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Epidemic of Postsurgical Infections Caused by Mycobacterium massiliense

(2009) R. S. Duarte et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mycobacterium abscessus Glycopeptidolipids Mask Underlying Cell Wall Phosphatidyl-myo-Inositol Mannosides Blocking Induction of Human Macrophage TNF-  by Preventing Interaction with TLR2

(2009) E. R. Rhoades et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

The Antioxidant Mimetic, MnTE-2-PyP, Reduces Intracellular Growth ofMycobacterium abscessus

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Construction of Mycobacterium abscessus Defined Glycopeptidolipid Mutants: Comparison of Genetic Tools

(2008) H. Medjahed et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The cell surface-exposed glycopeptidolipids confer a selective advantage to the smooth variants ofMycobacterium smegmatis in vitro

(2008) Dana Kocíncová et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Acute Respiratory Failure Involving an R Variant of Mycobacterium abscessus

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