MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Macrophage adaptation to hypoxia in the tuberculous granuloma potentiates mycobacterium-induced mitochondrial damage and granuloma necrosis
Antonio J. Pagán, Bingnan Lyu, Michal Eisenberg‐Bord…·Lalita Ramakrishnan
The paper shows that EsxA-induced mitochondrial damage in macrophages, combined with hypoxia-driven HIF-1 suppression of respiration, leads to granuloma necrosis and facilitates tuberculosis transmission.
DOI 10.64898/2026.02.06.702658