학술논문
Macrophages Tell the Non-Professionals What to Do.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*MACROPHAGES
*PHAGOCYTOSIS
*HOMEOSTASIS
*APOPTOSIS
*ASTHMA
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ISSN
1534-5807
Abstract
Phagocytosis by professional and non-professional phagocytes plays a critical role in tissue homeostasis and the immune response. Using an airway inflammation model, Han et al. (2016) report in Nature that macrophages secrete IGF-1 to signal epithelial cells to stop ingesting apoptotic cells while increasing the uptake of anti-inflammatory macrophage-derived microvesicles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]