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Abstract
Autophagy is now recognized as a cellular defense mechanism that can restrict the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Kim et al. (2012) demonstrate that antibiotics routinely used to treat Mtb infection elicit a host autophagy response critical for bacterial clearance.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID: 22607793 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.05.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Host Microbe ISSN: 1931-3128 Impact factor: 21.023