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The glial scar-monocyte interplay: a pivotal resolution phase in spinal cord repair.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Shechter Ravid, Raposo Catarina, London Anat, Sagi Irit, Schwartz Michal
Abstract excerpt
The inflammatory response in the injured spinal cord, an immune privileged site, has been mainly associated with the poor prognosis. However, recent data demonstrated that, in fact, some leukocytes, namely monocytes, are pivotal for repair due to their alternative anti-inflammatory phenotype. Given the pro-inflammatory milieu within the traumatized spinal cord, known to skew monocytes towards a classical...
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