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Characterization of Human Blood Monocytes and Intestinal Macrophages.
Current protocols in immunology - 1 Aug 2017
Dennis Evida A, Robinson Tanya O, Smythies Lesley E, Smith Phillip D
Abstract excerpt
Monocytes and macrophages play fundamental roles in defense against microbes, clearance of senescent and dead cells, and immunoregulation. Although blood monocytes are the source of intestinal macrophages in the developed mucosal immune system, blood monocytes and intestinal macrophages from healthy human subjects display distinct phenotypic and functional differences. Blood monocytes can be induced to polarize...
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