The linkage of innate and adaptive immune response during granulomatous development

Granulomas represent a spectrum of inflammatory sequestration responses that may be initiated by a variety of agents, including noninfectious environmental factors and infectious microbial pathogens. Although this reaction is designed to be protective, the associated tissue injury is often responsib...

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Main Authors: Toshihiro eIto, Judith M. Connett, Steven L. Kunkel, Akihiro eMatsukawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00010/full