Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer mortality with limited therapeutic options. Despite ...

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The innate immune response constitutes the first line of defence against pathogenic microorganisms. Phagocytes, such as macrophages and neutrophils, engulf microorganisms into a vacuole or phagosome ...

Immune cells (macrophages) capable of combating cancer exist within tumors in the human body, but they are unable to fulfill ...

The clearance of apoptotic cells occurs throughout life in multi-cellular organisms; the failure to properly engulf and remove these dying cells has been linked to a break in self tolerance and ...