1. Phagocytes: fussy about carbs.
- Author
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Kerrigan AM and Brown GD
- Subjects
- Animals, Cell Wall chemistry, Cell Wall immunology, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Immunity, Innate immunology, Immunological Synapses immunology, Lectins, C-Type, Membrane Proteins chemistry, Membrane Proteins metabolism, Mice, Nerve Tissue Proteins chemistry, Nerve Tissue Proteins metabolism, Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae immunology, Signal Transduction, beta-Glucans chemistry, beta-Glucans metabolism, Membrane Proteins immunology, Models, Immunological, Nerve Tissue Proteins immunology, Phagocytosis immunology, beta-Glucans immunology
- Abstract
A new mechanistic model based on the formation of a phagocytic synapse explains how immune cells detect and respond to direct contact with fungal pathogens., (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2011
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