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The Role of Cardiac Tissue Macrophages in Homeostasis and Disease.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2017
Ilinykh Alexei, Pinto Alexander R
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are principally recognized as an important cell type for removal of tissue debris and as sentinels for tissue damage and foreign antigens. However, macrophages also participate in a diverse range of biological processes including angiogenesis, fibrosis, immune modulation, cell survival, and stem cell mobilization. Cardiac tissue macrophages (cTMs) are a heterogeneous population of phagocytic cells...
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