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Guardians of the epithelium: macrophages protect against toxic fungal derivatives
A recent paper in Cell proposes a new role for macrophages in the distal colonic mucosa, namely the generation of balloon-like processes (BLPs) that sample luminal contents and protect epithelial cells from the toxic effects of fungal metabolites absorbed during this process. Here Allan Mowat and Ca...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group US
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8076022/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33495494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41385-020-00369-0 |