Autophagy enhances bacterial clearance during P. aeruginosa lung infection.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen which is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among cystic fibrosis patients. Although P. aeruginosa is primarily considered an extacellular pathogen, recent reports have demonstrated that throughout the course of infection the ba...

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Main Authors: Robert D Junkins, Ann Shen, Kirill Rosen, Craig McCormick, Tong-Jun Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3756076?pdf=render