The Mycobacterial 38-Kilodalton Glycolipoprotein Antigen Activates the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway and Release of Proinflammatory Cytokines through Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Human Monocytes

Saet-Byel Jung, Chul‐Su Yang, Ji‐Sook Lee, +9

Infection and Immunity

Improved Sensitivity of Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Patients in Korea via a Cocktail Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Containing the Abundantly Expressed Antigens of the K Strain of<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>

A-Rum Shin, Sung Jae Shin, Kil-Soo Lee, +6

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> HBHA Protein Reacts Strongly with the Serum Immunoglobulin M of Tuberculosis Patients

A-Rum Shin, Kil-Soo Lee, Ji‐Sook Lee, +8

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Rv0315, a novel immunostimulatory antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, activates dendritic cells and drives Th1 immune responses

Eui‐Hong Byun, Woo Sik Kim, A-Rum Shin, +8

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Novel Immunostimulatory AntigenAdaptive Immune SystemMycobacterium TuberculosisImmunologyInnate Immune System +5

In vitro and ex vivo activity of new derivatives of acetohydroxyacid synthase inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria

Hosung Sohn, Kil-Soo Lee, Young-Kwan Ko, +10

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

BiochemistryNew DerivativesMedicineMycobacterium TuberculosisTuberculosis +7

Diacyltrehalose of<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>inhibits lipopolysaccharide- and mycobacteria-induced proinflammatory cytokine production in human monocytic cells

Kil-Soo Lee, Vinod S. Dubey, Pappachan E. Kolattukudy, +8

FEMS Microbiology Letters

ImmunologyHuman Monocytic CellsOuter LayerInnate ImmunityThin-layer Chromatography +14

Identification of seroreactive proteins in the culture filtrate antigen of<i>Mycobacterium avium</i>ssp.<i>paratuberculosis</i>human isolates to sera from Crohn's disease patients

A-Rum Shin, Hwa‐Jung Kim, Sang Nae Cho, +4

FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology

Culture Filtrate AntigenStrong ReactivityMicrobial PathogensImmunologyPathology +18

Mycobacterial Heparin-binding Hemagglutinin Antigen Activates Inflammatory Responses through PI3-K/Akt, NF-κB, and MAPK Pathways

Ki-Hye Kim, Chul‐Su Yang, A-Rum Shin, +4

Immune Network

Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using MTB12 and 38‐kDa antigens

Ji‐Sook Lee, Eun‐Kyeong Jo, A-Rum Shin, +4

Respirology

Role of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways in the Secretion of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and Interleukin-10 by the PPD Antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Saet-Byel Jung, Chang‐Hwa Song, Chul‐Su Yang, +9

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Immune RegulationImmunologyPathologyImmunologic MechanismInnate Immunity +14