Mycobacterium tuberculosis

"Mycobacterium tuberculosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A species of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria that produces TUBERCULOSIS in humans, other primates, CATTLE; DOGS; and some other animals which have contact with humans. Growth tends to be in serpentine, cordlike masses in which the bacilli show a parallel orientation.

Descriptor ID	D009169
MeSH Number(s)	B03.510.024.049.525.500.702 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.702
Concept/Terms	Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mycobacterium tuberculosis".

Organisms [B]
Bacteria [B03]
Gram-Positive Bacteria [B03.510]
Actinobacteria [B03.510.024]
Actinomycetales [B03.510.024.049]
Mycobacteriaceae [B03.510.024.049.525]
Mycobacterium [B03.510.024.049.525.500]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis [B03.510.024.049.525.500.702]
Gram-Positive Rods [B03.510.460]
Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods [B03.510.460.400]
Gram-Positive Asporogenous Rods, Regular [B03.510.460.400.410]
Mycobacteriaceae [B03.510.460.400.410.552]
Mycobacterium [B03.510.460.400.410.552.552]
Mycobacterium tuberculosis [B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.702]

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Bar chart showing 96 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	2	1	3
2002	3	1	4
2003	1	1	2
2004	4	1	5
2006	2	0	2
2007	2	2	4
2008	1	1	2
2009	7	0	7
2010	5	0	5
2011	5	0	5
2012	3	2	5
2013	3	2	5
2014	4	0	4
2015	5	0	5
2016	4	2	6
2017	5	1	6
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	1	4
2020	4	2	6
2021	1	1	2
2022	2	0	2
2023	2	0	2
2024	5	0	5
2025	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" by people in Profiles.

Genta M, Ferrara G, Capelli R, Rondelli D, Sertic S, Bolognesi M, Rizzi M, Rossi F, Jeruzalmi D, Chaves-Sanjuan A, Miggiano R. Mechanistic understanding of UvrA damage detection and lesion hand-off to UvrB in Nucleotide Excision Repair. Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 10; 16(1):3416.

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Marcantonio E, Burger AD, Chang KH, Hoffmann FW, Fu Y, Khadka VS, Smagghe BJ, Deng Y, Hoffmann PR, Prisic S. Zinc-limited Mycobacterium tuberculosis stimulate distinct responses in macrophages compared with standard zinc-replete bacteria. Infect Immun. 2025 03 11; 93(3):e0057824.

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Larson EC, Ellis AL, Rodgers MA, Gubernat AK, Gleim JL, Moriarty RV, Balgeman AJ, de Menezes YT, Ameel CL, Fillmore DJ, Pergalske SM, Juno JA, Maiello P, Chishti HB, Lin PL, Godfrey DI, Kent SJ, Pellicci DG, Ndhlovu LC, O'Connor SL, Scanga CA. Transiently boosting V?9+Vd2+ ?d T cells early in Mtb coinfection of SIV-infected juvenile macaques does not improve Mtb host resistance. Infect Immun. 2024 12 10; 92(12):e0031324.

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Darboe F, Reijneveld JF, Maison DP, Martinez L, Suliman S. Unmasking the hidden impact of viruses on tuberculosis risk. Trends Immunol. 2024 09; 45(9):649-661.

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Bhargavi G, Mallakuntla MK, Kale D, Tiwari S. Rv0687 a Putative Short-Chain Dehydrogenase Is Required for In Vitro and In Vivo Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Jul 18; 25(14).

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Sefat KMSR, Kumar M, Kehl S, Kulkarni R, Leekha A, Paniagua MM, Ackart DF, Jones N, Spencer C, Podell BK, Ouellet H, Varadarajan N. An intranasal nanoparticle vaccine elicits protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Vaccine. 2024 09 17; 42(22):125909.

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Wang X, Tang G, Huang Y, Song H, Zhou S, Mao L, Sun Z, Xiong Z, Wu S, Hou H, Wang F. Using immune clusters for classifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Int Immunopharmacol. 2024 Feb 15; 128:111572.

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Onyenaka C, Idowu KA, Ha NP, Graviss EA, Olaleye OA. Anti-Tuberculosis Potential of OJT008 against Active and Multi-Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: In Silico and In Vitro Inhibition of Methionine Aminopeptidase. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 05; 24(24).

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Larson EC, Ellis AL, Rodgers MA, Gubernat AK, Gleim JL, Moriarty RV, Balgeman AJ, Menezes YK, Ameel CL, Fillmore DJ, Pergalske SM, Juno JA, Maiello P, White AG, Borish HJ, Godfrey DI, Kent SJ, Ndhlovu LC, O'Connor SL, Scanga CA. Host Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Is Similar in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV)-Infected, Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated and SIV-Na?ve Juvenile Macaques. Infect Immun. 2023 05 16; 91(5):e0055822.

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Nisa A, Kipper FC, Panigrahy D, Tiwari S, Kupz A, Subbian S. Different modalities of host cell death and their impact on Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2022 11 01; 323(5):C1444-C1474.

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