Involvement of ABC-transporters and acyltransferase 1 in intracellular cholesterol-mediated autophagy in bovine alveolar macrophages in response to the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) infection
Abstract Background Understanding pathogenic mechanisms is imperative for developing novel treatment to the tuberculosis, an important public health burden worldwide. Recent studies demonstrated that host cholesterol levels have implications in the establishment of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tub...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-05-01
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Series: | BMC Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12865-020-00356-x |