Autophagy Induced by Intracellular Infection of Propionibacterium acnes.

BACKGROUND:Sarcoidosis is caused by Th1-type immune responses to unknown agents, and is linked to the infectious agent Propionibacterium acnes. Many strains of P. acnes isolated from sarcoid lesions cause intracellular infection and autophagy may contribute to the pathogenesis of sarcoidosis. We exa...

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Main Authors: Teruko Nakamura, Asuka Furukawa, Keisuke Uchida, Tomohisa Ogawa, Tomoki Tamura, Daisuke Sakonishi, Yuriko Wada, Yoshimi Suzuki, Yuki Ishige, Junko Minami, Takumi Akashi, Yoshinobu Eishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4878785?pdf=render