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Following an injury to a Drosophila pupal wing, macrophages swoop in, engulfing debris and aiding in the tissue regeneration process.
Jul 10, 2017
In vivo confocal imaging reveals how macrophages (bright green with red nuclei) flock to injured epithelium in a damaged Drosophila pupal wing.
HELEN WEAVERS, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL
See S.A. Eming et al., “Inflammation and metabolism in tissue repair and regeneration,” Science, doi:10.1126/science.aam7928, 2017.
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