Neonatal monocytes demonstrate impaired homeostatic extravasation into a microphysiological human vascular model

Abstract Infections are most frequent at the extremes of life, especially among newborns, reflecting age-specific differences in immunity. Monocytes maintain tissue-homeostasis and defence-readiness by escaping circulation in the absence of inflammation to become tissue-resident antigen presenting c...

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Main Authors: Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz, Elena Morrocchi, Mitchell Cooney, Dheeraj Soni, Rahima Khatun, Paolo Palma, David J. Dowling, Ofer Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74639-z