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. 2012 May 25;36(5):699-701.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.05.006.

Oxygenated lipids: a mode to WiPE out inflammation?

Amelia E Hochreiter-Hufford  1 , Kodi S Ravichandran
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Oxygenated lipids: a mode to WiPE out inflammation?

Amelia E Hochreiter-Hufford et al. Immunity. .
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Abstract

The immunologically silent clearance of apoptotic cells is crucial for maintaining self-tolerance. In this issue of Immunity, Uderhardt et al. (2012) reveal a mechanism by which lipid oxidation by tissue resident macrophages could inhibit the engulfment of apoptotic cells by inflammatory monocytes.

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