Calreticulin and Galectin-3 Opsonise Bacteria for Phagocytosis by Microglia
Opsonins are soluble, extracellular proteins, released by activated immune cells, and when bound to a target cell, can induce phagocytes to phagocytose the target cell. There are three known classes of opsonin: antibodies, complement factors and secreted pattern recognition receptors, but these have...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-11-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02647/full |