The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the fish pathogen Mycobacterium marinum trigger the same core set of late innate immune response genes in zebrafish larvae
Ron P. Dirks, Anita Ordas, Susanne A. Jong-Raadsen, Sebastiaan A. Brittijn, Mariëlle C. Haks, Christiaan V. Henkel, Katarína Oravcová, Peter I. Racz, Nynke Tuinhof-Koelma, M. I. Korzeniowska nee Wiweger, Stephen H. Gillespie, Annemarie H. Meijer, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Hans J. Jansen, Herman P. Spaink
This study shows that M. tuberculosis and M. marinum induce similar late innate immune gene responses in zebrafish larvae, supporting M. marinum as a surrogate model for tuberculosis research.
Biology · Sep 3, 2024Peer-reviewedImmunology