Cell elasticity determines macrophage function.

Macrophages serve to maintain organ homeostasis in response to challenges from injury, inflammation, malignancy, particulate exposure, or infection. Until now, receptor ligation has been understood as being the central mechanism that regulates macrophage function. Using macrophages of different orig...

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Main Authors: Naimish R Patel, Medhavi Bole, Cheng Chen, Charles C Hardin, Alvin T Kho, Justin Mih, Linhong Deng, James Butler, Daniel Tschumperlin, Jeffrey J Fredberg, Ramaswamy Krishnan, Henry Koziel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3445606?pdf=render