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SUBMITTER: Petersen HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3662972 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Petersen Helen J HJ Smith Andrew M AM
Frontiers in immunology 20130524
The dynamic structure of the granuloma serves to protect the body from microbiological challenge. This organized aggregate of immune cells seeks to contain this challenge and protect against dissemination, giving host immune cells a chance to eradicate the threat. A number of systemic diseases are characterized by this specialized inflammatory process and granulomas have been shown to develop at multiple body sites and in various tissues. Central to this process is the macrophage and the arms of ...[more]