The fat is in the lysosome: how Mycobacterium tuberculosis tricks macrophages into storing lipids
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), infects primarily macrophages, causing them to differentiate into lipid-laden foamy macrophages that are a primary source of tissue destruction in patients with TB. In this issue of the JCI, Bedard et al. demonstrate that 1-tuberc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Clinical Investigation
2023-03-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Clinical Investigation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI168366 |