New Receptor Found on Scavenger Cells (IMAGE)

University of Freiburg

New Receptor Found on Scavenger Cells

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Images taken with a fluorescence microscope show that the adenovirus can infect macrophages that have the receptor MARCO (left). If MARCO is not present, however, the virus cannot attack the scavenger cells (right).

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Source: Marina Freudenberg, Mareike Maler

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