Macrophage-like cells (the murine myeloid leukemia cell line RAW246.7) were stimulated with either BCG or rBCG-LTAK63, and cells were harvested at 6, 12, and 24h post-stimulation for evaluation by Western blot of LC3 induction and the conversion of LC3-I to LC3-II (both markers of autophagy). This evidence concerns the gene MAP1LC3A and myeloid leukemia.