Tissue-Resident CD169+ macrophages as a frontline of host defense in Plasmodium infection
Macrophages are professional phagocytic cells that comprise tissue-resident and monocyte-derived subsets with pleiotropic functions ranging from tissue homeostasis, clearance of senescent erythrocytes and cell debris, antigen presentation as well as regulation of innate and adaptive immune responses...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/70327 |