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A high-density genome-wide association with absolute blood monocyte count in domestic sheep identifies novel loci.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2022
Oliveira Ryan D, Mousel Michelle R, Gonzalez Michael V, Durfee Codie J, Davenport Kimberly M, Murdoch Brenda M, Taylor J Bret, Neibergs Holly L, White Stephen N
Abstract excerpt
Monocytes are a core component of the immune system that arise from bone marrow and differentiate into cells responsible for phagocytosis and antigen presentation. Their derivatives are often responsible for the initiation of the adaptive immune response. Monocytes and macrophages are central in both controlling and propagating infectious diseases such as infection by Coxiella burnetii and small ruminant...
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