Diagnostic performance of a seven-marker serum protein biosignature for the diagnosis of active TB disease in African primary healthcare clinic attendees with signs …

…, AG Loxton, G van der Spuy, K Stanley, LA Kotzé… - Thorax, 2016 - thorax.bmj.com
Background User-friendly, rapid, inexpensive yet accurate TB diagnostic tools are urgently
needed at points of care in resource-limited settings. We investigated host biomarkers …

Safety and immunogenicity of VPM1002 versus BCG in South African newborn babies: a randomised, phase 2 non-inferiority double-blind controlled trial

…, S Bhikha, G Walzl, A Gutschmidt, LA Kotze… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Tuberculosis is a major public health problem worldwide. Immunisation with
Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine is partially effective in infants, reducing the incidence of …

[HTML][HTML] Therapies for tuberculosis and AIDS: myeloid-derived suppressor cells in focus

A Dorhoi, LA Kotzé, JA Berzofsky, Y Sui… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The critical role of suppressive myeloid cells in immune regulation has come to the forefront
in cancer research, with myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) as a main oncology …

Establishment of a patient-derived, magnetic levitation-based, three-dimensional spheroid granuloma model for human tuberculosis

LA Kotze, CGG Beltran, D Lang, AG Loxton, S Cooper… - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tuberculous granulomas that develop in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M.
tuberculosis ) infection are highly dynamic entities shaped by the host immune response and …

[HTML][HTML] Caveolin-1 controls vesicular TLR2 expression, p38 signaling and T cell suppression in BCG infected murine monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells

V John, LA Kotze, E Ribechini, G Walzl… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (M-MDSCs) and granulocytic MDSCs (G-MDSCs)
have been found to be massively induced in TB patients as well in murine Mtb infection …

[HTML][HTML] Mycobacterium tuberculosis and myeloid-derived suppressor cells: Insights into caveolin rich lipid rafts

LA Kotzé, C Young, VN Leukes, V John, Z Fang… - …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is likely the most successful human pathogen, capable of
evading protective host immune responses and driving metabolic changes to support its …

[HTML][HTML] Translational potential of therapeutics targeting regulatory myeloid cells in tuberculosis

N Du Plessis, LA Kotze, V Leukes… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Despite recent advances in tuberculosis (TB) drug development and availability, successful
antibiotic treatment is challenged by the parallel development of antimicrobial resistance. As …

Evaluation of autophagy mediators in myeloid-derived suppressor cells during human tuberculosis

LA Kotze, VN Leukes, Z Fang, MB Lutz, BL Fitzgerald… - Cellular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are induced during active TB disease to restore
immune homeostasis but instead exacerbate disease outcome due to chronic inflammation. …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted gene expression profiling of human myeloid cells from blood and lung compartments of patients with tuberculosis and other lung diseases

LA Kotze, G van der Spuy, B Leonard… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) have been identified in the peripheral blood and
granulomas of patients with active TB disease, but their phenotype-, function-, and …

[HTML][HTML] Immunometabolism of Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells: Implications for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Insights from Tumor Biology

…, C Kenyon, G Walzl, AG Loxton, LA Kotze… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The field of immunometabolism seeks to decipher the complex interplay between the
immune system and the associated metabolic pathways. The role of small molecules that can …