The liver sinusoidal endothelium reappears after being eclipsed by the kupffer cell: A 20th century biological delusion corrected

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 875-876

  Anderson, Clark L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

LSEC; MPS; Phagocyte; Reticuloendothelial; Sinusoid

Indexed keywords

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KUPFFER CELL; LETTER; LIVER SINUSOID; MACROMOLECULE; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER;

ANIMALS; ENDOTHELIUM; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER;

EID: 84945274071     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.4VMLT0215-054R     Document Type: Letter

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