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. 2018 Feb 26;44(4):405-406.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2018.02.009.

A Fat Lot of Good for Wound Healing

Alessandra Maria Casano  1 , Michael Sixt  2
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A Fat Lot of Good for Wound Healing

Alessandra Maria Casano et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

The insect's fat body combines metabolic and immunological functions. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Franz et al. (2018) show that in Drosophila, cells of the fat body are not static, but can actively "swim" toward sites of epithelial injury, where they physically clog the wound and locally secrete antimicrobial peptides.

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