Alternative activation of macrophages by IL-4 impairs phagocytosis of pathogens but potentiates microbial-induced signalling and cytokine secretion
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- 14 January 2010
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- Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood
- Vol. 115 (2), 353-362
- https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2009-08-236711
Abstract
Alternatively activated macrophages play an important role in host defense in the context of a T helper type 2 (Th2) microenvironment such as parasitKeywords
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