Role for lysosomal enzyme β-hexosaminidase in the control of mycobacteria infection

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The pathogenic mycobacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) and TB-like diseases in humans and animals elude sterilizing immunity by residing within an intracellular niche in host macrophages, where they are protected from microbicidal attack. Recent studies have emphasized microbial mechanisms for evasion of host defense; less is known about mycobactericidal mechanisms that remain intact during initial infection....

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