Abstract
Lymphocytes and macrophages play an important role both qualitatively and quantitatively in the immune response, during which these cells undergo increased rates of production and recruitment and alterations in function. It was for this reason that these cells were investigated in relation to their nutrition. Mature lymphocytes recirculate through lymphoid tissues via blood and lymph in a relatively quiescent State until stimulated to proliferate during, for example, a bacterial or viral infection. By contrast, macrophages are terminally dif- ferentiated end-cells in which the ability to proliferate is gradually lost.
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Newsholme, E.A. (1993). Nutrition of Immune Cells: The Implications for Whole Body Metabolism. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993, vol 1993. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84904-6_18
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