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Simultaneous Study of the Recruitment of Monocyte Subpopulations Under Flow In Vitro
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1Immunology Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1G Royal Parade Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia. villadangos@wehi.edu.au
Immunity
|April 27, 2007
Abstract:
The role that monocyte-derived dendritic cells play in vivo remains enigmatic. León et al. (2007) now show that these cells develop "on demand" at a site of Leishmania infection to promote a life-saving T helper 1 immune response.
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