Antimicrobial Peptide against <i>Mycobacterium Tuberculosis</i> That Activates Autophagy Is an Effective Treatment for Tuberculosis

• Main Authors: Erika A. Peláez Coyotl (Author), Jacqueline Barrios Palacios (Author), Gabriel Muciño (Author), Daniel Moreno-Blas (Author), Miguel Costas (Author), Teresa Montiel Montes (Author), Christian Diener (Author), Salvador Uribe-Carvajal (Author), Lourdes Massieu (Author), Susana Castro-Obregón (Author), Octavio Ramos Espinosa (Author), Dulce Mata Espinosa (Author), Jorge Barrios-Payan (Author), Juan Carlos León Contreras (Author), Gerardo Corzo (Author), Rogelio Hernández-Pando (Author), Gabriel Del Rio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> (MTB) is the principal cause of human tuberculosis (TB), which is a serious health problem worldwide. The development of innovative therapeutic modalities to treat TB is mainly due to the emergence of multi drug resistant (MDR) TB. Autophagy is a cell-ho...