Homeostasis: A scavenger receptor for haemoglobin

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  • Siamon Gordon
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Recent studies have identified a macrophage-specific receptor for the clearance of haemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes, which protects the host against the toxicity of free haemoglobin.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001