M. D. Wewers

Exposure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to human alveolar lining fluid shows temporal and strain-specific adaptation to the lung environment

This study exposes M.tb strains to human alveolar lining fluid and finds strain-specific and time-dependent gene expression changes, particularly in lipid metabolism and cholesterol degradation.

IκBζ is constitutively expressed in human and murine airway epithelium

The paper investigates IκBζ expression in human and murine airway epithelium, finding constitutive expression that may support lung host defense.