The intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis persists in phagocytic cells by inhibiting maturation of the phagosome. Now, a study published in Cell shows that the induction of autophagy ...

The causative agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (or M ... the treatment of TB as well as shedding light on the mechanism of intracellular parasitism. Researchers at the Pasteur Institutes in ...

The vast majority of persons infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis remain asymptomatic ... provide the primary growth niche for this intracellular organism; throughout infection, mycobacteria ...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of ... They form when immune cells attempt to engulf intracellular M. tuberculosis bacteria to limit the infection. Bursting of granulomas can ...

Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

When genes key to autophagy were removed and the cells were infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (bacilli ... role of autophagy in controlling intracellular infections like TB.

Tuberculosis is the world's leading infectious cause of death, killing more than one million people each year. When the ...

Just as importantly, researchers showed that treatment of monocytes with anti-inflammatory drugs can inhibit intracellular ... lung niches for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Science Translational ...

It can occur if Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the TB-causing bacteria — spreads from the lungs to the GI tract via the bloodstream or lymphatic system. This article will review GI TB ...

Tuberculosis is an airborne disease caused by a very infectious bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It can travel through the blood to the lymph nodes and bones as well as the spine and ...