Abstract
Mammalian macrophages are presented as the social interconnection between the different mechanisms of the immune system, since they appear in a variety of roles-as effectors, helpers, and suppressors-in nearly all immune reactions. Their phylogenetic antiquity and their special task of picking up antigen signals and representing them on their cell membrane have made them the pivot for immune system evolution.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 11-19 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Developmental and Comparative Immunology |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | C |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1980 |
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The macrophage as the social interconnection within the immune system. / Varesio, Luigi; Landolfo, Santo; Giovarelli, Mirella; Forni, Guido.
In: Developmental and Comparative Immunology, Vol. 4, No. C, 1980, p. 11-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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N2 - Mammalian macrophages are presented as the social interconnection between the different mechanisms of the immune system, since they appear in a variety of roles-as effectors, helpers, and suppressors-in nearly all immune reactions. Their phylogenetic antiquity and their special task of picking up antigen signals and representing them on their cell membrane have made them the pivot for immune system evolution.
AB - Mammalian macrophages are presented as the social interconnection between the different mechanisms of the immune system, since they appear in a variety of roles-as effectors, helpers, and suppressors-in nearly all immune reactions. Their phylogenetic antiquity and their special task of picking up antigen signals and representing them on their cell membrane have made them the pivot for immune system evolution.
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