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Monocyte Subsets: Phenotypes and Function in Tuberculosis Infection.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Sampath Pavithra, Moideen Kadar, Ranganathan Uma Devi, Bethunaickan Ramalingam
Abstract excerpt
Monocytes are critical defense components that play an important role in the primary innate immune response. The heterogeneous nature of monocytes and their ability to differentiate into either monocyte-derived macrophages or monocyte-derived dendritic cells allows them to serve as a bridge between the innate and adaptive immune responses. Current studies of monocytes based on immunofluorescence, single-cell RNA...
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