Live and let die: TB control by enhancing apoptosis.

Abstract

The impact of cellular apoptosis in controlling M.\xa0tuberculosis during tuberculosis (TB) infection remains unresolved. In this issue of Immunity, Stutz et\xa0al. provide compelling evidence that apoptosis controls M.\xa0tuberculosis infection in\xa0vivo and compounds that induce apoptosis limit M.\xa0tuberculosis growth in mice.