Mycobacterial immunevasion-Spotlight on the enemy within

J Leukoc Biol. 2021 Jan;109(1):9-11. doi: 10.1002/JLB.3CE0520-104R. Epub 2020 Aug 6.

Authors

Anne Kathrin Lösslein^{1

2}, Philipp Henneke^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Immunodeficiency, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
² MOTI-VATE Graduate School, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
³ Center for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

PMID: 32767408
DOI: 10.1002/JLB.3CE0520-104R

Abstract

Discussion on how antibiotic treatment routes Mycobacterium avium to phagolysosomes without eliciting an immune response in human macrophages.

©2020 The Authors. Journal of Leukocyte Biology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Leukocyte Biology.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Humans
Immune Evasion / immunology*
Macrophages / immunology*
Macrophages / microbiology*
Mycobacterium avium Complex / immunology*
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / immunology*