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Structure and function of the natural-resistance-associated macrophage protein (Nramp1), a candidate protein for infectious and autoimmune disease susceptibility.
Molecular medicine today - 1 May 1996
Blackwell J M
Abstract excerpt
The ability of macrophages to become activated is central to antimicrobial immunity. Microbial stimuli can elicit a cascade of gene-inductive events mediating inflammation, elimination of the invading organism and induction of T-cell memory against reinvasion. Nramp1, a gene originally identified as Ity/Lsh/Bcg for its role in controlling Salmonella typhimurium, Leishmania donovani and Mycobacterium bovis...
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