title: Unique transcriptome signature of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary tuberculosis.
abstract: Although tuberculosis remains a substantial global threat, the mechanisms that enable mycobacterial persistence and replication within the human host are ill defined. This study represents the first genome-wide expression analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from clinical lung samples, which has enabled the identification of M. tuberculosis genes actively expressed during pulmonary tuberculosis. To obtain optimal information from our DNA array analyses, we analyzed the differentially expressed genes within the context of computationally inferred protein networks. Protein networks were constructed using functional linkages established by the Rosetta stone, phylogenetic profile, conserved gene neighbor, and operon computational methods. This combined approach revealed that during pulmonary tuberculosis, M. tuberculosis actively transcribes a number of genes involved in active fortification and evasion from host defense systems. These genes may provide targets for novel intervention strategies.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Infection, Immunology, Schumannstrasse 21-22, Berlin 10117, Germany.
authors.forename: Helmy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rachman
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strong
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ulrichs
authors.forename: Leander
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grode
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schuchhardt
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mollenkopf
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kosmiadi
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: Stefan H E
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D020543:Proteome; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D018088:Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D020543:Proteome