Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages and their immunological function in response to tuberculosis infection

Abstract Background Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) represent an innovative source for the standardized in vitro generation of macrophages (Mφ). Mφ show great promise in disease pathogenesis, particularly tuberculosis. However, there is no information about human iPS-derived (hiPS) macrophages...

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Main Authors: Danping Hong, Jiongyan Ding, Ouyang Li, Quan He, Minxia Ke, Mengyi Zhu, Lili Liu, Wen-Bin Ou, Yulong He, Yuehong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-018-0800-x