Results of defective clearance of apoptotic cells: Lessons from knock-out mouse models

Phagocytosis of Dying Cells: From Molecular Mechanisms to Human Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 271-298

  Gregory, Christopher D ^a   Pound, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Clearance defect; Inflammation; Knock out; Phagocyte response

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900048318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9293-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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