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TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY
卷 38, 期 12, 页码 879-887出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2017.07.009
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Intestinal macrophages expressing the fraktalkine receptor (CX(3)CR1(+)) represent a cell population that plays a variety of roles ranging from maintaining intestinal immune homeostasis at steady state to controlling antigen access by extending transepithelial dendrites (TEDs) to capture luminal microbes and shuttle them across the epithelium to initiate immune responses. However, recent evidence shows that very early during infection, pathogen-capturing CX(3)CR1(+) macrophages migrate to the lumen of the small intestine, therefore preventing pathogens from traversing the epithelium. Here we discuss the complexity of the at-times seemingly opposing roles played by these cells and propose that CX(3)CR1-mediated pathogen exclusion is part of a defensive strategy against infections that includes multiple effector mechanisms acting synergistically at the intestinal mucosa.
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