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SPOILER ALERT – Macs save the epithelium from fungal attack!!! @CellCellPress @institut_curie (art by @drawinscience). Adapted from a true story by @Aleks_Chikina, a thread:
Staying alive 
Distal colon macrophages maintain epithelium alive
Distal colon macrophages maintain epithelium alive
Distal colon macrophages insert ‘‘balloon-like’’ protrusions in the epithelium 
Balloon-forming macrophages are special ! 
Balloons sample what gets in 
and detect fungal toxins 
and detect fungal toxins
Macrophages tell epithelial cells when they’ve drunk enough poison 
Fancy to read the tiny details? Everything is here: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(20)31090-4
