1. Autophagy as an immune effector against tuberculosis.
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Bradfute SB, Castillo EF, Arko-Mensah J, Chauhan S, Jiang S, Mandell M, and Deretic V
- Subjects
- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Humans, Mice, Autophagy, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Immunity, Innate, Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunology, Tuberculosis immunology, Tuberculosis microbiology
- Abstract
The now well-accepted innate immunity paradigm that autophagy acts as a cell-autonomous defense against intracellular bacteria has its key origins in studies with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an important human pathogen and a model microorganism infecting macrophages. A number of different factors have been identified that play into the anti-mycobacterial functions of autophagy, and recent in vivo studies in the mouse model of tuberculosis have uncovered additional anti-inflammatory and tissue-sparing functions of autophagy. Complementing these observations, genome wide association studies indicate a considerable overlap between autophagy, human susceptibility to mycobacterial infections and predisposition loci for inflammatory bowel disease. Finally, recent studies show that autophagy is an important regulator and effector of IL-1 responses, and that autophagy intersects with type I interferon pathology-modulating responses., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2013
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