Chronic inflammation in conditions associated with a deficient clearance of dying and dead cells, their remnants, and intracellular constituents

• Main Author: Martin Herrmann (auth)
• Other Authors: Christian Berens (auth), Luis Enrique Munoz (auth), Kirsten Lauber (auth), Udo S. Gaipl (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; Autoimmunity; NETs; Efferocytosis; Inflammation; cell-remnants; Phagocytosis; Apoptosis; Cancer; Asthma
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In multicellular organisms, states with a high degree of tissue turnover like embryogenesis, development, and adult tissue homeostasis need an instantaneous, tightly regulated and immunologically silent clearance of these dying cells to ensure appropriate development of the embryo and adult tissue r...