The impact of cellular apoptosis in controlling M. tuberculosis during tuberculosis (TB) infection remains unresolved. In this issue of Immunity, Stutz et al. provide compelling evidence that apoptosis controls M. tuberculosis infection in vivo and compounds that induce apoptosis limit M. tuberculosis growth in mice.
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Birmingham City Univ, Coll English & Media, Fac Arts Design & Media, Birmingham, England
Birmingham City Univ, Fac Arts Design & Media, Birmingham, EnglandBirmingham City Univ, Coll English & Media, Fac Arts Design & Media, Birmingham, England
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German Canc Res Ctr, Div Signal Transduct & Growth Control, Heidelberg, GermanyVet Univ Vienna, Dept Biomed Sci, Inst Pharmacol & Toxicol, A-1030 Vienna, Austria