Giant Immune Cells Step in When Liver Function Is Impaired :

A team of researchers has uncovered a previously unknown compensatory mechanism found in liver disease. If Kupffer cells (KCs) become impaired by tissue scarring, immune cells originating in the bone marrow flow to the organ.

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