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Endothelial cells instruct macrophages on how to Rspond to lung injury

The lung endothelial cell–derived angiocrine Rspondin3 activates Wnt–β-catenin signaling in interstitial macrophages, leading to a metabolic–epigenetic reprogramming of interstitial macrophages that drives anti-inflammatory responses and attenuates endotoxin-induced lung injury.

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Fig. 1: A new angiocrine–macrophage axis negatively regulates lung inflammatory injury in endotoxemic mice.
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Marichal, T. Endothelial cells instruct macrophages on how to Rspond to lung injury. Nat Immunol 21, 1317–1318 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-020-00806-z

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