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Functional Characterization of Regulatory Macrophages That Inhibit Graft-reactive Immunity
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
Functional Characterization of Regulatory Macrophages That Inhibit Graft-reactive Immunity

Functional Characterization of Regulatory Macrophages That Inhibit Graft-reactive Immunity

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June 07, 2017

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08:41 min
June 07, 2017

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Macrophages are plastic cells of the hematopoietic system that have a crucial role in protective immunity and homeostasis. In this report, we describe optimized in vitro techniques to phenotypically and functionally characterize graft-infiltrating regulatory macrophages that accumulate in the transplanted organ under tolerogenic conditions.

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