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Sci. STKE, 8 November 2005 PERSPECTIVESHijacking the ERK Signaling Pathway: Mycobacterium leprae Shuns MEK to Drive the Proliferation of Infected Schwann cellsLuke A. Noon and Alison C. Lloyd* MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. Summary: Schwann cells are the target of Mycobacterium leprae, the pathogen responsible for leprosy. Once inside the cell, M. leprae activates the host’s proliferative machinery, thereby increasing the number of cells susceptible to infection. This astonishing manipulation of the mammalian cell cycle is the subject of recent work by Tapinos and Rambukkana, who show that M. leprae drives proliferation through a novel route to extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK). In this Perspective, we discuss this important piece of work and highlight the noncanonical pathway used by M. leprae to induce proliferation. *Corresponding author. E-mail: alison.lloyd{at}ucl.ac.uk
Citation: L. A. Noon, A. C. Lloyd, Hijacking the ERK Signaling Pathway: Mycobacterium leprae Shuns MEK to Drive the Proliferation of Infected Schwann cells. Sci. STKE 2005, pe52 (2005). The editors suggest the following Related Resources on Science sites:In Science Signaling
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