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TB: screening for responses to a vile visitor.
Cell - 5 Mar 2010
Behr Marcel, Schurr Erwin, Gros Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacteria, the pathogens that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, establish long-term infections in host macrophages. Recent studies, including two genetic screens reported in this issue of Cell (Kumar et al., 2010; Tobin et al., 2010), reveal that virulent mycobacteria evade the host immune system by stimulating production of anti-inflammatory molecules and inhibiting autophagy.
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