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The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function
Dissertation (MSc (Biochemistry))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28500 The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function Verschoor, Jan Adrianus upetd@up.ac.za Grooten, Johan Baetselier, P. Korf, Johanna Elizabeth Tuberculosis pathogenesis Tuberculosis microbiology Tuberculosis immunity UCTD Dissertation (MSc (Biochemistry))--University of Pretoria, 2005. The pathogenicity of mycobacteria is directly related to their ability to survIve within macrophages, thereby circumventing host defense responses. This ability to resist degradation in macrophage phagosomes/lysosomes derives in large part from the complex structure of the cell wall of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Surface exposure of lipid and glycolipid components of the mycobacterial cell wall is considered to be a major factor in the virulence of the pathogen by orchestrating the dialogue with host cells. Their interactions and modulating properties on host macrophage functions may contribute to our understanding of the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. In this study the modulating properties on macrophage functions by the major mycobacterial cell wall lipids, mycolic acids, were investigated. The investigation focused not only on the physical changes induced in macrophages as a result of the interaction with mycolic acids but also on the modulation of macrophage functions involved in innate and adaptive immunity. It was concluded that MA was involved both in mechanisms of pathogenesis of M tuberculosis, as in induction of protective immunity. By opening up some of the secrets of pathogenesis and immunity of tuberculosis, it provided new avenues for research to pursue a timeous and efficient solution to the disease. Biochemistry unrestricted 2013-09-07T13:37:59Z 2005-10-07 2013-09-07T13:37:59Z 2003-09-09 2005-10-07 2005-10-07 Dissertation Korf, JE 2002, The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28500 > H88/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28500 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10072005-110010/ © 2002 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Tuberculosis pathogenesis Tuberculosis microbiology Tuberculosis immunity UCTD The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| title | The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| title_full | The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| title_fullStr | The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| title_full_unstemmed | The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| title_short | The modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| title_sort | modulating properties of mycobacterial mycolic acids on murine macrophage function |
| topic | Tuberculosis pathogenesis Tuberculosis microbiology Tuberculosis immunity UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28500 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10072005-110010/ |