Andrej Benjak

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Essentiality of mmpL3 and impact of its silencing on Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak

MmpL3 is an inner membrane transporter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis responsible for the export of trehalose momomycolate, a precursor of the mycobacterial outer membrane component trehalose dimycolate (TDM), as well as mycolic acids bound to arabinogalact ...

Nature Research2017

Arylvinylpiperazine Amides, a New Class of Potent Inhibitors Targeting QcrB of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Anthony Vocat, Jérémie Piton, Raphael Christopher Sommer, Shi-Yan Caroline Foo, Andréanne Lupien

New drugs are needed to control the current tuberculosis (TB) pandemic caused by infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report here on our work with AX-35, an arylvinylpiperazine amide, and four related analogs, which are potent antitubercular agent ...

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY2018

Essential Nucleoid Associated Protein mIHF (Rv1388) Controls Virulence and Housekeeping Genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Andrej Benjak, Nina Theres Odermatt

Tight control of gene expression is crucial for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to adapt to the changing environments encountered when infecting or exiting human cells. While three nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) EspR, HupB and Lsr2 have been investigated, ...

Nature Research2018

Transmission of drug-resistant leprosy in Guinea-Conakry detected by molecular epidemiological approaches

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso

Molecular drug susceptibility testing was performed on skin biopsies from 24 leprosy patients from Guinea-Conakry for the first time. We identified primary drug resistance in 4 cases and a dapsone-resistant cluster caused by the same strain. Primary transm ...

Oxford Univ Press Inc2016

Genome-wide re-sequencing of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae Airaku-3

Stewart Cole, Jacques Rougemont, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh

Genotyping and molecular characterization of drug resistance mechanisms in Mycobacterium leprae enables disease transmission and drug resistance trends to be monitored. In the present study, we performed genome-wide analysis of Airaku-3, a multidrug-resist ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Anticytolytic Screen Identifies Inhibitors of Mycobacterial Virulence Protein Secretion

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Andrej Benjak, Anthony Vocat, Ruben Hartkoorn, Ming Zhang, Jan Lars Rybniker, Edina Rita Székely

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires protein secretion systems like ESX-1 for intracellular survival and virulence. The major virulence determinant and ESX-1 substrate, EsxA, arrests phagosome maturation and lyses cell membranes, resulting in tissue d ...

Cell Press2014

Mycobacterium lepromatosis Infections in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh

The frequency of infection caused by the recently described pathogen Mycobacterium lepromatosis is unknown. Here, we describe the demographics, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic outcomes of five lepromatous leprosy patients suffering from M. leprom ...

American Society for Microbiology2015

Lansoprazole is an antituberculous prodrug targeting cytochrome bc1

Stewart Cole, Claudia Sala, Florence Pojer, Andrej Benjak, Anthony Vocat, Philippe Busso, Jan Lars Rybniker

Better antibiotics capable of killing multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis are urgently needed. Despite extensive drug discovery efforts, only a few promising candidates are on the horizon and alternative screening protocols are required. Here, ...

Nature Publishing Group2015

Ancient Mycobacterium leprae genomes reveal an unexpected diversity of leprosy in medieval Europe

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Pushpendra Singh

WILEY2018

Phylogenomics and antimicrobial resistance of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae

Stewart Cole, Andrej Benjak, Charlotte Avanzi, Philippe Busso, Pushpendra Singh, Andréanne Lupien

Nature Research2018