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Consequence of enhanced LC3-trafficking for a live, attenuated M. tuberculosis vaccine.
Vaccine - 8 Feb 2018
Köster Stefan, Klevorn Thais, Papavinasasundaram Kadamba, Sassetti Christopher M, Portal-Celhay Cynthia, Philips Jennifer A
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Development of a new vaccine against tuberculosis is urgently needed. Recent work has demonstrated that two related LC3-associated trafficking pathways, autophagy and LC3-associated phagocytosis (LAP), enhance antigen presentation and might play a role in vaccine efficacy. Mycobacterium tuberculosis inhibits both LC3-trafficking pathways. Moreover, the vaccine strain, BCG, induces even less LC3-trafficking than...
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