Tuberculosis: unsealing the apoptotic envelope.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis grows in macrophages but escapes these cells by triggering their death. New findings delineate how this pathogen controls macrophage death to favor bacterial survival and avoid host immunity.
Porcelli
Steven A
SA
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Jacobs
William R
WR
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*