Alternatively activated macrophages in infection and autoimmunity
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Alternatively activated macrophages in infection and autoimmunity.
Macrophages are innate immune cells that play an important role in activation of the immune response and wound healing. Pathogens that require T helper-type 2 (Th2) responses for effective clearance, such as parasitic worms, are strong inducers of alternatively activated or M2 macrophages. However, infections such as bacteria and viruses that require Th1-type responses may induce M2 as a strate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Autoimmunity
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0896-8411
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2009.09.012