Eradication of intracellular <it>Francisella tularensis </it>in THP-1 human macrophages with a novel autophagy inducing agent
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Autophagy has been shown recently to play an important role in the intracellular survival of several pathogenic bacteria. In this study, we investigated the effect of a novel small-molecule autophagy-inducing agent, AR-12, on the sur...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Biomedical Science |
Online Access: | http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/16/1/110 |