Functional analysis of type VII secretion system links to host immune evasion mechanism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
requires ESX-4. Therefore, the type VII secretion system of ESX-associated genes plays a crucial role in bacterial survival and action against autophagosome-lysosome fusion. Thus, studying this system will explore the effects of specific antigenic structures and their relationships with autophagy and mycobacterial self-defense mechanisms.
Authors
- Uma Devi Ranganathan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6103-0818)
- Ramalingam Bethunaickan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4595-5233)
- Venkataraman Prabhu
- Madhavan Dhanapal
- Karthikeyan Sundaram
- Sridhar Rathinam
Institutions
- SRM Institute of Science and Technology (IN)
- Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (IN)
- Indian Council of Medical Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
- Published
- 2026-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2026.1797994
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00