Flow Cytometric Characterization of Macrophages Infected in vitro with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Expressing Red Fluorescent Protein

Macrophages are important for host defense against intracellular pathogens like Salmonella and can be differentiated into two major subtypes.M1 macrophages, which are pro-inflammatory and induce antimicrobial immune effector mechanisms, including the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and M2 macrophages, which exert anti-inflamma

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Nutritional Status and Cardiac Autophagy

Autophagy is necessary for the degradation of long-lasting proteins and nonfunctional organelles, and is activated to promote cellular survival.However, overactivation of autophagy may deplete essential molecules and organelles responsible for cellular survival.Lifelong calorie restriction by 40% has been shown to increase Cough Care the cardiac ex

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