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. 2014 May 21;6(237):237fs22.
doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009391.

Many fences make better neighbors

Franz J Zemp  1 , Christopher C M Waterhouse  2 , Paul Kubes  1
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Many fences make better neighbors

Franz J Zemp et al. Sci Transl Med. .

Abstract

Phagocytic Kupffer cells in the liver act as a firewall that captures commensal bacteria that have breached the barrier of the gut mucosa (Balmer et al., this issue).

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