<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> clinical isolates carry mutational signatures of host immune environments
Qingyun Liu, Jianhao Wei, Yawei Li, Mei Wang, Jun Su, Yonghui Lu, Mariana G. López, Xueqin Qian, Zhaoqin Zhu, Haiying Wang, Mingyun Gan, Qi Jiang, Yun‐Xin Fu, Howard Takiff, Iñaki Comas, Feng Li, Xuemei Lu, Sarah M. Fortune, Qian Gao
Abstract
in vivo is modulated by the host environment, which could drive the emergence of variants associated with drug resistance in a host-dependent manner.
Topics & Concepts
Mycobacterium tuberculosisImmune systemHost (biology)TuberculosisBiologyMicrobiologyVirologyGeneticsMedicinePathologyTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyMycobacterium research and diagnosisDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis