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1Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
The EMBO Journal
|May 5, 2020
Abstract:
Macrophages are motile cells that roam the extracellular spaces within organs or the body cavity and carry out essential functions in organ development and immunity. New work published in The EMBO Journal adds surprising new insights into the heterogeneity of Drosophila macrophages revealing many similarities to their vertebrate counterparts.
