Intramacrophage Mycobacterium tuberculosis efflux pump gene regulation after rifampicin and verapamil exposure
Author(s) -
Pedro Henrique Canezin,
Katiany Rizzieri Caleffi-Ferracioli,
Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro,
Vera Lúcia Dias Siqueira,
Fernando R. Pavan,
Isabella Letícia Esteves Barros,
Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky091
Subject(s) - rifampicin , verapamil , efflux , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium tuberculosis , pharmacology , biology , chemistry , antibiotics , tuberculosis , medicine , biochemistry , pathology , calcium , organic chemistry
Since resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) partially derives from efflux pumps (EPs) in the plasma membrane, the current study evaluates EPs in Mtb exposed to rifampicin in the presence of the EP inhibitor verapamil, within a macrophage environment.
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