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Genetic and metabolic determinants of nutritional phenotype in an insect-bacterial symbiosis.
MacDonald SJ, Thomas GH, Douglas AE. Mol Ecol.
2011 May;20(10):2073-84. 21392141
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Abstract:
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Liver macrophages play a major role in the control of infections in the liver and in the pathology associated with chronic liver diseases. It was recently shown that liver macrophages can have two different origins, however, the extent to which these populations are functionally distinct remains to ...