NIH R01 · 2025
The role of FENDRR in host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
PROJECT SUMMARY Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is an intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes tuberculosis in humans. Tuberculosis remains a major global public health threat. Annually, there are approximately 10 million active tuberculosis cases and 1.4 million deaths worldwide. The mechanism of host-M.tb interactions remains to be defined. Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are noncoding transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides. In response to bacterial infections, mammalian cells produce abundant lncRNAs to mediate host-pathogen interactions, which are beneficial or detrimental to host defense. A very limited number of studies have been reported on the role of host lncRNAs in the…
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