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Friday, February 3, 2012

Interesting Immune Regulatory Pathway

Monocytes give rise to dendritic cells and macrophages.  These latter cells generate reactive oxygen species (ROS)  to destroy any pathogens (or debris in the case of radiation). The monocytes are more senstive to ROS, so they do die, reducing the cells which generated the ROS.

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