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Comment
. 2009 Jul 31;325(5940):549-50.
doi: 10.1126/science.1178329.

Immunology. Dispensable but not irrelevant

Ting Jia  1 , Eric G Pamer
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Immunology. Dispensable but not irrelevant

Ting Jia et al. Science. .
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Calling up the reserves
In response to heart injury (myocardial infarction), specific subsets of monocytes are recruited from the bone marrow and spleen to remove and repair damaged tissue.
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