Immune 50: Red blood cells are immune sentinels
- November 11, 2021
- Tagged as: anemia, COVID-19, DNA, immune, immunology, innate immunity, macrophage, red blood cell, sepsis, Tlr9
Immune reviews evidence that toll-like receptor 9 on the surface of red blood cells binds DNA, leading to uptake by macrophages and innate immune activation.
