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The carbohydrate and phosphatide fractions of the tubercle bacillus (M. tuberculosis, H-37) exert a selective inhibitory action upon the endocellular enzyme, Cathep-sin II, of tuberculous tissue. This phenomenon may help to explain the cytotoxic action of tuberculin in vitro and the failure of autolysis of caseous, tuberculous tissue.
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