Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Securing mucosal borders--migrant monocytes to the rescue.
- Journal:
- Cell host & microbe
- Year:
- 2008
- Authors:
- Yap, George S & Iwasaki, Akiko
- Affiliation:
- Department of Medicine · United States
Abstract
Gr1(+) "inflammatory" monocytes are emerging as key players in the innate immune response to infection and vaccination. In a recent issue of Immunity, Dunay et al. (2008) report a surprisingly crucial role for inflammatory monocytes in mucosal resistance to the parasitic agent Toxoplasma gondii.
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