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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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Original publication: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18779043/