A no-Wnt situation for alveolar macrophage self-renewal.

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Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are central to defense against respiratory pathogens. Impediments in restoring AMs after infection increase the risk for superinfection, which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. In this issue of Immunity, Zhu et al. report a Wnt-β-catenin-HIF-1α axis in AMs that promotes an inflammatory phenotype while restricting proliferation and self-renewal.

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