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A recent study from the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) in Japan led to the discovery of a new group of monocytes with a strange morphology tha
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The newly discovered lymphocytes were described as having a “bi-lobed segmented nuclear shape and many cytoplasmic granules by IFReC professor Shizuo Akira. He and his team thus called the new cells “segregated nucleus atypical monocytes,” or “SatM.” Observations from Akira’s team led to the realization that these new cells could be responsible for causing fibrosis, scarring that can be dangerous if unattended due to a thickening of the tissues, in mice.
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