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Chronic TLR7 and TLR9 signaling drives anemia via differentiation of specialized hemophagocytes
10 Jan 2019
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Unmasking an agent of inflammatory anemia Infectious and autoimmune diseases are associated with anemia and thrombocytopenia. A severe form of inflammatory cytopenia called macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) may occur during rheumatological disorders and viral infections. Akilesh et al. show that monocyte recognition of self- or pathogen-derived nucleic acids via Toll-like receptors 7 and 9 (TLR7 and TLR9)...
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