Nuclear receptors and clearance of apoptotic cells: stimulating the macrophage’s appetite

Clearance of apoptotic cells by macrophages occurs as a coordinated process to ensure tissue homeostasis. Macrophages play a dual role in this process; first, a rapid and efficient phagocytosis of the dying cells is needed to eliminate uncleared corpses that can promote inflammation. Second, after e...

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Main Authors: Noelia eAlonso-Gonzalez, Andrés eHidalgo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00211/full

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