| Literature DB >> 16888103 |
Sudha B Singh1, Alexander S Davis, Gregory A Taylor, Vojo Deretic.
Abstract
Immunity-related p47 guanosine triphosphatases (IRG) play a role in defense against intracellular pathogens. We found that the murine Irgm1 (LRG-47) guanosine triphosphatase induced autophagy and generated large autolysosomal organelles as a mechanism for the elimination of intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We also identified a function for a human IRG protein in the control of intracellular pathogens and report that the human Irgm1 ortholog, IRGM, plays a role in autophagy and in the reduction of intracellular bacillary load.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16888103 DOI: 10.1126/science.1129577
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728