Macrophages (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Macrophages

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Fluorescence microscopy picture of bone marrow-derived macrophages: red: macrophage marker/ blue: DNA /green: ferritin. Compared to the few control cells present in this picture, IRP-null macrophages express abnormally high levels of ferritin (green), which constitutes a pool of iron Salmonella can exploit.

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Bruno Galy/DKFZ

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