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Maggot Secretions Skew Monocyte-Macrophage Differentiation Away from a Pro-Inflammatory to a Pro-Angiogenic Type

BACKGROUND: Maggots of the blowfly Lucilia sericata are used for the treatment of chronic wounds. Earlier we reported maggot secretions to inhibit pro-inflammatory responses of human monocytes. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of maggot secretions on the differentiation of monocyt...

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Autores principales: van der Plas, Mariena J. A., van Dissel, Jaap T., Nibbering, Peter H.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2778998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19956650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008071