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Recognizing Macrophage Activation and Host Defense

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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 5, Issue 5, Pages 405-407

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2009.05.006

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G.B. Shaw's entreaty, Stimulate the phagocytes, found its perfect interlocutor in Carl Nathan. Nearly 40 years ago, Nathan discovered macrophages were activated via soluble mediators released from T-lymphocytes-later identified as interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma)-for killing microbial pathogens. This year's Robert Koch Prize celebrates a lasting legacy for innate immunity.

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