title: Tuberculosis: unsealing the apoptotic envelope.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Porcelli
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jacobs
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000276:immunology*