Beclin-1 Targeting for Viral Immune Escape.docVIP

Viruses 2011, 3, 1166-1178; doi:10.3390/v3071166 OPEN ACCESS viruses ISSN 1999-4915 /journal/viruses Review Beclin-1 Targeting for Viral Immune Escape Christian Münz Viral Immunobiology, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland; E-Mail: christian.muenz@uzh.ch; Tel.: +41-44-635-3716; Fax: +41-44-635-6883 Received: 23 June 2011; in revised form: 4 July 2011 / Accepted: 5 July 2011 / Published: 12 July 2011 Abstract: Macroautophagy is a catabolic pathway in eukaryotic cells that has recently been shown to facilita