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Open AccessVitamin D upregulates the macrophage complement receptor immunoglobulin in innate immunity to microbial pathogens
Vitamin D deficiency remains a global concern. This ‘sunshine’ vitamin is converted through a multistep process to active 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D), the final step of which can occur in macrophages. Here w...
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Open AccessCytokines regulate complement receptor immunoglobulin expression and phagocytosis of Candida albicans in human macrophages: A control point in anti-microbial immunity
Complement Receptor Immunoglobulin (CRIg), selectively expressed by macrophages, plays an important role in innate immunity by promoting phagocytosis of bacteria. Thus modulation of CRIg on macrophages by cyto...