Targeting macrophage mitochondrial metabolism in tuberculosis: from pathogen-driven biochemical reprogramming to host-directed pharmacotherapy.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) remains a leading global health threat. The fate of the Mtb-infected macrophage is critically governed by host mitochondrial metabolism. In this review, we propose a unifying biochemical "threshold model" of tuberculosis pathogenesis: Mtb functions as an intracellular "mitochondrial par...