EvolTB

Illuminare la storia evolutiva del complesso Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTBC)

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Fino ad oggi, la tubercolosi è una delle prime dieci cause di morte nel mondo. Recenti approcci per fermare la diffusione di questa malattia spesso falliscono a causa della mancanza di conoscenza sul passato evolutivo del suo agente causante Mycobacterium tuberculosis. I cambiamenti scheletrici negli antichi resti umani dimostrano che la tubercolosi è stata una piaga del genere umano per diverse migliaia di anni. Tuttavia, le indagini a livello molecolare rimangono difficili a causa della scarsa conservazione e dell'alta contaminazione ambientale dei campioni.

In questo progetto, miriamo a ricostruire gli antichi genomi di Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) usando un approccio interdisciplinare. In primo luogo, miriamo a ottimizzare una tecnica di arricchimento mirata al DNA specifico MTBC. Successivamente, produrremo dati genomici antichi ad alta risoluzione mediante sequenziamento di prossima generazione e applicheremo strumenti biologici computazionali per comprendere l'insorgenza e lo sviluppo di questo patogeno.

Publications
Multidisciplinary study on the role of bone lesions in the paleopathological diagnosis of tuberculosis in ancient human remains
Zink A, Kanik J, Lerchl J, Mari B, Lee J, Harbeck M, Maixner F (2024)
Presentazione

Conference: European Meeting of the Paleopathology Association PPA | Leiden | 21.8.2024 - 24.8.2024

Metagenomic analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in ancient human remains
Jäger HY (2023)
Tesi di dottorato (PhD)

Ulteriori informazioni: https://edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de/32996/6/Jaeger_Heidi_Yoko.pd ...

Paleopathology and evolution of tuberculosis editorial
Pálfi G, Dutour O, Hajdu T, Sola C, Zink A (2023)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102428

Tuberculosis in mummies: New findings, perspectives and limitations
Zink A, Maixner F, Jäger HY, Szikossy I, Pálfi G, Pap I (2023)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102371

Re-examination of the Subalyuk Neanderthal remains uncovers signs of probable TB infection (Subalyuk Cave, Hungary)
Pálfi G, Molnár E, Bereczki Z, Coqueugniot H, Dutour O, Tillier A, Rosendahl W, Sklánitz A, Mester Z, Gasparik M, Maixner F, Zink A, Minnikin DE, Pap I (2023)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102419

Sensitive lipid biomarker detection for tuberculosis in late Neanderthal skeletons from Subalyuk Cave, Hungary
Lee OY-C, Wu HHT, Besra GS, Minnikin DE, Jäger HY, Maixner F, Zink A, Gasparik M, Pap I, Bereczki Z, Pálfi (2023)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102420

Hit or miss: A metagenomic evaluation of intra-bone variability of host pathogen load in tuberculosis-infected human remains
Jäger HY, Atz Zanotelli D, Maixner F, Nicklisch N, Alt KW, Meller H, Pap I, Szikossy I, Pàlfi G, Zink A (2023)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2023.102392

Metagenomic analysis reveals mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a 18th century Hungarian midwife
Jäger HY, Maixner F, Pap I, Szikossy I, Pálfi G, Zink AR (2022)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

Ulteriori informazioni: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2022.102181

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2022.102181

A rare case of calvarial tuberculosis from the Avar Age (8th century CE) cemetery of Kaba–Bitózug (Hajdú-Bihar county, Hungary): Pathogenesis and differential diagnostic aspects
Spekker O, Varadi OA, Szekeres A, Jäger HY, Zink A, Berner M, Pany-Kucera D, Strondl L, Klostermann P, Samu L, Kiraly K, Bereczki Z, Molnar E, Palfi G, Tihanyi B (2022)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2022.102226

Verification of tuberculosis infection among Vác mummies (18th century CE, Hungary) based on lipid biomarker profiling with a new HPLC-HESI-MS approach
Váradi OA, Rakk D, Spekker O, Terhes G, Urbán E, Berthon W, Pap I, Szikossy I, Maixner F, Zink A, Vágvólgyi C, Donoghue H, Minnikin D, Szekeres A, Pálfi G (2021)
Articolo su rivista
Tuberculosis

Ulteriori informazioni: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2020.102037

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tube.2020.102037

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16368

Lipid biomarker based verification of TB infection in mother’s and daughter’s mummified human remains (Vác Mummy Collection, 18th century, CE, Hungary)
Váradia OA, Szikossy I, Spekkera O, Rakk D, Terhes G, Urbán E, Berthon W, Pap I, Maixner F, Zink A, Vágvölgyi C, Donoghue HD, Minnikin DE, Pálfi´G, Szekeres A (2020)
Articolo su rivista
Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Ulteriori informazioni: http://abs.bibl.u-szeged.hu/index.php/abs

https://doi.org/10.14232/abs.2020.2.99-109

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/16814

TB, or not TB, that is the question! Molecular evolutionary analysis of tuberculosis in ancient human remains
Maixner F, Jäger HY, Pap I, Szikossy I, Pálfi G, Zink A (2019)
Presentazione

Conference: Health and Life in Ancient Egypt - Mummies in Focus Conference | Budapest | 27.8.2019 - 30.8.2019

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/13032

Approche d´enrichissement en solution ciblant l´ADN génomique du complexe Mycobacterium tuberculosis (CMTB) provenant de vestiges humains archéologiques TB-positifs
Jacqueroud C, Maixner F, Granehäll F, Molnár E, Pálfi G, Zink A, Dutour O (2018)
Presentazione
Tuberculosis in early medieval Switzerland: osteological and molecular evidence from Courroux
Cooper C, Fellner R, Heubi O, Maixner F, Zink A, Lösch S (2016)
Articolo su rivista
Swiss Medical Weekly

https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2016.14269

https://hdl.handle.net/10863/6670

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  • Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Szeged, Dugonics Ter, Szeged, Hungary

  • Hungarian Natural History Museum

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