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ReviewInfectious disease reports2025

The Role of Type I Interferons in Tuberculosis and in Tuberculosis-Risk-Associated Comorbidities.

Florence Mutua, Ruey-Chyi Su, Terry Blake Ball, Sandra Kiazyk

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Review in Infectious disease reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Florence MutuaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Room 543-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8115-9376
Ruey-Chyi SuDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Room 543-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada.
Terry Blake BallDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Room 543-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada.
Sandra KiazykDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Room 543-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification of a type I interferon-induced transcriptomic signature in active tuberculosis suggests a potential role for these interferons in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Comorbidities such as human immunodeficiency virus, diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosus, end-stage renal disease, and coronavirus disease are epidemiologically linked to an increased risk for reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection. Notably, type I interferons are also implicated in the pathogenesis of these conditions, with a recognizable type I interferon transcriptomic signature. The mechanisms by which type I interferons in tuberculosis-risk-associated comorbidities may drive the progression of tuberculosis or maintenance of latent infection however remain largely unknown. This review summarizes the existing literature on the increased association between type I interferons, focusing on interferon-α and -β, and the heightened risk of tuberculosis reactivation. It also underscores the similarities in the immunopathogenesis of these comorbidities. A better understanding of these mechanisms is essential to guide the development of host-directed interferon therapies and improving diagnostic biomarkers in

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COVID-19diabetesend-stage renal diseaseHIVinterferon signaturesilicosissystemic lupus erythematosustuberculosistype I interferon

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