Screening Mycobacterium tuberculosis Secreted Proteins Identifies Mpt64 as a Eukaryotic Membrane-Binding Bacterial Effector

ABSTRACT Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, is one of the most successful human pathogens.One reason for its success is that Mtb underwater treasures sunken medallion can reside within host macrophages, a cell type that normally functions to phagocytose and destroy infectious bacteria.However, Mtb is able to evad

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Alcohol consumption in cancer survivors: state of the question and proposals for the development of psychological interventions

Objective: Alcohol consumption has been established as a risk factor for cancer development consistently over the years.In cancer survivors alcohol consumption after treatment achieves significant values, and furthermore alcohol has been associated with relevant aspects of survival, such as a high depression and a lower quality of life.There is no

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Periurbanization and conservation pressures over remnants of native vegetation: impact on ecosystem services for a Latin-American capital city

Urban expansion in Latin-American cities is faster than urban planning.In order to implement sustainable planning the capacity of peri-urban areas to provide ecosystem services must be evaluated in the context of competing urbanization and conservation pressures.In this study we analyzed the effect of urban expansion on peri-urban vegetation of the

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