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High salt (NaCl) intake is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease; high NaCl has also been shown to be a powerful modulator of pro-inflammatory immune cell polarization. To investigate the effect of high NaCl on the polarization of M(IL-4+IL-13) macrophages we performed gene expression analy...
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus 
Immune cells regulate a hypertonic microenvironment in the skin; however, possible functions of increased skin Na+ concentrations are unknown. We found that Na+ accumulated at the site of bacterial skin infections in humans and in mice. We used the protozoan parasite Leishmania (L.) major as a model...
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus 
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