Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors enhance the efficacy of frontline drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a grave threat to world health with emerging drug resistant strains. One prominent feature of Mtb infection is the extensive reprogramming of host tissue at the site of infection. Here we report that inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity by a...

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Main Authors: Yitian Xu, Lihua Wang, Matthew D Zimmerman, Kai-Yuan Chen, Lu Huang, Dah-Jiun Fu, Firat Kaya, Nikolai Rakhilin, Evgeniya V Nazarova, Pengcheng Bu, Veronique Dartois, David G Russell, Xiling Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5919409?pdf=render