Statin therapy reduces the mycobacterium tuberculosis burden in human macrophages and in mice by enhancing autophagy and phagosome maturation.

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Published in J Infect Dis on October 16, 2013

Authors

Suraj P Parihar1, Reto Guler, Rethabile Khutlang, Dirk M Lang, Ramona Hurdayal, Musa M Mhlanga, Harukazu Suzuki, A David Marais, Frank Brombacher

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Cape Town Component.

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