Intestinal epithelial autophagy is essential for host defense against invasive bacteria.
Intestinal epithelial autophagy is essential for host defense against invasive bacteria.
Jamaal L. Benjamin,R. Sumpter,B. Levine,L. Hooper
2013 · DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.05.004
Cell Host and Microbe · 290 Citations
TLDR
It is demonstrated that intestinal epithelial cell autophagy protects against tissue invasion by both opportunistically invasive commensals and the invasive intestinal pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium.