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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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Royal Society
2019
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