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The Type I IFN response to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires ESX-1-mediated secretion and contributes to pathogenesis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2007
Stanley Sarah A, Johndrow James E, Manzanillo Paolo, Cox Jeffery S
Abstract excerpt
The ESX-1 secretion system is a major determinant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence, although the pathogenic mechanisms resulting from ESX-1-mediated transport remain unclear. By global transcriptional profiling of tissues from mice infected with either wild-type or ESX-1 mutant bacilli, we found that host genes controlled by ESX-1 in vivo are predominantly IFN regulated. ESX-1-mediated secretion is...
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