Frontiers in Immunology | Microbial Immunology

Case Report

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Case report: Tumor-like mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis with paravertebral cold abscess under cumulative immunosuppression: a case highlighting altered host–pathogen interactions

in Microbial Immunology

Xiaoqing Zhou
Zhangjing Sun
Chen Chen
Xin Lv
Ruilin Chen
Zhen Wang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1780714

Original Research

Published on 06 Mar 2026

Treponema pallidum TprD and TprK are adhesins and their surface expression promotes spirochetal opsonophagocytosis

in Microbial Immunology

Kashaf Zafar
Onyedikachi C. Azuama
Linda H. Xu
Lorenzo Giacani
Nikhat Parveen

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1783902

Case Report

Published on 05 Mar 2026

Case Report: Destructive deep infection of the foot caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum leading to great toe amputation

in Microbial Immunology

Huiyu Wang
Yiyun Xu
Hong Li
Ying Chen
Zuocai Wang
Zhenlong Shang
Menglan Zhou
Yingchun Xu

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1791879

Systematic Review

Accepted on 04 Mar 2026

An Integrated Immunopathological Model of Syphilis Serofast: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

in Microbial Immunology

Yong-Xin ZENG
LIN YANG
Yuan-Yuan HE
Zi-Liang DENG
Hai-Ying Wang
Wu-Jian KE

Frontiers in Immunology

Case Report

Accepted on 04 Mar 2026

Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection of the Hip Joint: A Case Report and Literature Review

in Microbial Immunology

Wei Zhang
Chenfeng Zhang
Kun Shan
Shufang Liu
Jiahao Hao
Minghui Song
Cuiying Zheng
Yiran Zhao
Weili Gao
Hong Zhang

Frontiers in Immunology

Original Research

Accepted on 04 Mar 2026

Aqueous Artemisia argyi extract mitigates acute lung injury in association with coordinated alterations in gut microbiota, metabolic homeostasis, and pulmonary inflammatory gene expression

in Microbial Immunology

Huixiang Wang
Baoqin Long
Yaqi Cui
Abulajiang Yiliyaer
Beibei Chen
Xiaoxue Chen
Xue Hu
Chao Wang
Min Ren
Ruiping She

Frontiers in Immunology

Review

Accepted on 04 Mar 2026

Microbiota-immune crosstalk in livestock: implications for tick-borne disease control

in Microbial Immunology

Miray Tonk-Rügen
Thorben Schilling
Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Ludwig E. Hoelzle

Frontiers in Immunology

Review

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Critical role of reproductive tract microbiota and derived metabolites in inflammation, tumor immunity, and tumorigenesis of gynecological cancers: a narrative review

in Microbial Immunology

Hong Chen
Ge Lou
Fanling Meng
Yang Zhang
Hongying Kuang
Dongxia Yang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1734792

143 views

Original Research

Published on 04 Mar 2026

Pharmacological inhibition of USP18 improves antibacterial responses and the intracellular control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in macrophages

in Microbial Immunology

Qiao Zhang
Zhen Gong
Robert Schnell
Yi Zhong
Paul P. Geurink
Volker M. Lauschke
Jianping Xie
Stefano Gastaldello
Martin E. Rottenberg

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1739628

106 views

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Mar 2026

Upregulation of innate and adaptive immune mechanisms facilitating prevention of gastric Helicobacter pylori infection in guinea pigs by per os administration of chitosan microparticles loaded with Mycobacterium bovis BCG

in Microbial Immunology

Weronika Gonciarz
Marek Brzeziński
Agnieszka Wosiak
Agnieszka Jeleń
Ewa Balcerczak
Magdalena Chmiela

Frontiers in Immunology

Review

Accepted on 02 Mar 2026

MAPK Signaling Pathways in Host Immune Regulation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

in Microbial Immunology

Yifan Diao
Jia-yi Wang
Xue-ying Tan
Jiang-shui Yuan

Frontiers in Immunology

Review

Accepted on 02 Mar 2026

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology, clinical manifestations and molecular characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

in Microbial Immunology

Luoman Yan
Hengheng Fu
Haiyan Zhang
昊董
Junjie Chen
Lin Yu
Lei Zhang

Frontiers in Immunology

Review

Accepted on 02 Mar 2026

From Models to Medicine: Systematic Development and Evaluation of Animal Models for Chlamydia psittaci Respiratory and Genital Tract Infections

in Microbial Immunology

Chuan Wang
Hua Wu
Jingyi Zhang
Yuanzhi Li

Frontiers in Immunology

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Mar 2026

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0927c inhibits the proliferation and promotes the intrinsic apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells through targeting mitochondrial TUFM

in Microbial Immunology

Aihong Xia
Xin Li
Xiang Chen
Juanjuan Quan
Jiaxu Wan
Chengkun Zheng
Zheng Zhong Xu
Xin-an Jiao

Frontiers in Immunology

Original Research

Published on 02 Mar 2026

Protective antigens hidden in the bovine Clostridium vaccine

in Microbial Immunology

He Qin
Jiahui Xie
Qiuyan Deng
Jingjing Ren
Lihe Su
Weiye Zuo
Yue Lv
Haojie Dong
Zhaoquan Liu
Xun Ma

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1751922

105 views

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Presence of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in different types of human urinary tract infections (UTI). A pilot study

in Microbial Immunology

Lena Schröder Alvarez
Iván Conejeros
Gabriel Espinosa
Constanza Salinas-Varas
Ben Ott
Markus Weigel
Can Imirzalioglu
Moritz Fritzenwanker
Torsten Hain
Anja Taubert

Frontiers in Immunology

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Distribution of granzyme-expressing NK cells in tuberculosis reflects subset and compartment-specific remodeling

in Microbial Immunology

Fuxiang Li
Youchao Dai
Shuixiang Xie
Rong Hu
Xiao Huang
Shuxi Zhong
Yi Cai
Xinchun Chen
Junyun Huang

Frontiers in Immunology

Systematic Review

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Age- and Region-specific Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

in Microbial Immunology

Lidi Liu
Liquan Yin
Zhicheng Liu
Mengmeng Xu
Fanshi Kong
Yinhua Zheng

Frontiers in Immunology

Review

Published on 27 Feb 2026

The intratumoral microbiome in colorectal cancer: origins, microenvironmental interactions, and new horizons in precision medicine

in Microbial Immunology

Xuemei Li
Qian Wang
Qiang Yuan
Li Wang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1795736

106 views

Mini Review

Published on 27 Feb 2026

Ipilimumab, -omics, and head and neck cancers—update in 2025

in Microbial Immunology

Robert Kucharski
Adam Kosiński
Leszek Kalinowski
Karolina Kaźmierczak-Siedlecka

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1737862

267 views

Original Research

Published on 27 Feb 2026

A putative Mycobacterium tuberculosis glyoxalase Rv0801 promotes bacterial fitness by alleviating methylglyoxal stress and blunts NRF2-mediated antioxidant defenses

in Microbial Immunology

Haiqi Chen
Qi’ao Zhang
Wei Wu
Xinyi He
Abulimiti Abudukadier
Yun Qi
Qun Sun
Peibo Li
Jianping Xie

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1745502

349 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 27 Feb 2026

The natural human adaptive IgG-specific immune response is skewed towards non-protective tail domains of DNABII proteins

in Microbial Immunology

Kathryn Q. Wilbanks
Jaime D. Rhodes
Steven D. Goodman
Sanjay Sethi
Timothy F. Murphy
Lauren O. Bakaletz

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1694547

242 views

Original Research

Published on 26 Feb 2026

Integrated multi-omics profiling reveals immune-related biomarkers and regulatory networks for early prediction of tuberculosis in type 2 diabetes mellitus

in Microbial Immunology

Zhaoyang Ye
Guangliang Bai
Peng Cheng
Cong Peng
Ling Yang
Li Zhuang
Linsheng Li
Yufeng Li
Ruizi Ni
Shuang Zhou

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1755184

253 views

Original Research

Accepted on 25 Feb 2026

Clinical Analysis of 19 Patients with Tuberculosis Complicated by Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis

in Microbial Immunology

Chang Song
ChunYan Zhao
Zhu Qingdong
Ai-Chun Huang
Tuo Lao
Xue-Wen Huang
Zhou-Hua Xie
Qiu-Qing Tan

Frontiers in Immunology