xenophagic
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]xenophagic (not comparable)
- Exhibiting or relating to xenophagy.
- 2016 January 28, “The Defect in Autophagy Induction by Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Is Correlated with Poor Tuberculosis Outcomes”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Autophagy may contribute to the elimination of Mtb through the fusion of Mtb-containing autophagosomes with lysosomes, leading to the xenophagic degradation of Mtb, and/or the enhancement of antigen presentation, and the consequent activation of adaptive immunity.