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Efferocytosis perpetuates substance accumulation inside macrophage populations

In both cells and animals, cannibalism can transfer harmful substances from the consumed to the consumer. Macrophages are immune cells that consume their own dead via a process called cannibalistic efferocytosis. Macrophages that contain harmful substances are found at sites of chronic inflammation,...

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Autores principales: Ford, Hugh Z., Zeboudj, Lynda, Purvis, Gareth S. D., ten Bokum, Annemieke, Zarebski, Alexander E., Bull, Joshua A., Byrne, Helen M., Myerscough, Mary R., Greaves, David R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31161905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.0730