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Dysferlinopathy Promotes an Intramuscle Expansion of Macrophages with a Cyto-Destructive Phenotype.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jun 2017
Baek Jea-Hyun, Many Gina M, Evesson Frances J, Kelley Vicki R
Abstract excerpt
Dysferlinopathies are a group of muscular dystrophies resulting from a genetic deficiency in Dysf. Macrophages, highly plastic cells that mediate tissue repair and destruction, are prominent within dystrophic skeletal muscles of dysferlinopathy patients. We hypothesized that Dysf-deficient muscle promotes recruitment, proliferation, and skewing of macrophages toward a cyto-destructive phenotype in...
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