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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00010/full |