Dynamic life and death interactions between Mycobacterium smegmatis and J774 macrophages

After internalization into macrophages non-pathogenic mycobacteria are killed within phagosomes. Pathogenic mycobacteria can block phagosome maturation and grow inside phagosomes but under some conditions can also be killed by macrophages. Killing mechani

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anes, E (author)
Other Authors: Peyron, P (author), Staali, L (author), Jordao, L (author), Gutierrez, MG (author), Kress, H (author), Hagedorn, M (author), Maridonneau-Parini, I (author), Skinner, MA (author), Wildeman, AG (author), Kalamidas, SA (author), Kuehnel, M (author), Griffiths, G (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/21159
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/21159
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Summary:After internalization into macrophages non-pathogenic mycobacteria are killed within phagosomes. Pathogenic mycobacteria can block phagosome maturation and grow inside phagosomes but under some conditions can also be killed by macrophages. Killing mechani