LXR Proteins: New Target In The War On Tuberculosis?
Friday, May 15, 2009 - 23:14
in Health & Medicine
New research has identified a role for LXR proteins in the mouse immune response to airway infection with the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. As treatment of normal mice with molecules that activate LXRs provided substantial protection from both a new infection and established infections, the authors suggest that LXRs might provide a new target for tuberculosis therapeutics.