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Innate Rhythms: Clocks at the Center of Monocyte and Macrophage Function.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Timmons George A, O'Siorain James R, Kennedy Oran D, Curtis Annie M, Early James O
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The circadian cycle allows organisms to track external time of day and predict/respond to changes in the external environment. In higher order organisms, circadian rhythmicity is a central feature of innate and adaptive immunity. We focus on the role of the molecular clock and circadian rhythmicity specifically in monocytes and macrophages of the innate immune system. These cells display rhythmicity in their...
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