Microenvironment of Mycobacterium smegmatis Culture to Induce Cholesterol Consumption Does Cell Wall Remodeling and Enables the Formation of Granuloma-Like Structures

Pathogenic species of mycobacteria are known to use the host cholesterol during lung infection as an alternative source of carbon and energy. Mycobacteria culture in minimal medium (MM) has been used as an in vitro experimental model to study the consumption of exogenous cholesterol. Once in MM, dif...

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Autores principales: dos Santos, Ana Cristina Doria, Marinho, Victor Hugo de Souza, Silva, Pedro Henrique de Aviz, Macchi, Barbarella de Matos, Arruda, Mara Silvia Pinheiro, da Silva, Edilene Oliveira, do Nascimento, José Luiz Martins, de Sena, Chubert Bernardo Castro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6500705/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31119154
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1871239

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