Mycobacterial lipid logic.

TitleMycobacterial lipid logic.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsM Siegrist S, Bertozzi CR
JournalCell Host Microbe
Volume15
Issue1
Pagination1-2
Date Published2014 Jan 15
ISSN1934-6069
KeywordsAnimals, Female, Immune Evasion, Macrophages, Membrane Lipids, Mycobacterium
Abstract

During infection of the lung epithelium, Mycobacterium tuberculosis must infect and survive within macrophages long enough to be transported into deeper lung tissues. Cambier et al. (2013) show that pathogenic mycobacteria use the coordinated action of two cell wall glycolipids to regulate macrophage recruitment to initial infection sites.

DOI10.1016/j.chom.2013.12.005
Alternate JournalCell Host Microbe
PubMed ID24439891
PubMed Central IDPMC4123792
Grant ListR01 AI051622 / AI / NIAID NIH HHS / United States
/ / Howard Hughes Medical Institute / United States