La programación epigenética de la diferenciación de monocitos a macrófagos y la inmunidad innata entrenada

Sadia Saeed1, Jessica Quintin2, Hindrik H D Kerstens1

  • 1Department of Molecular Biology, Faculties of Science and Medicine, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, 6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|September 27, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

La diferenciación de monocitos en macrófagos es clave para la defensa del huésped. Este estudio revela cómo la inmunidad entrenada, impulsada por cambios epigenéticos, altera la función de los macrófagos y la susceptibilidad a las infecciones.

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