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Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)

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Upper image, confocal microscopy images of macrophages (outlined in red) treated with Type-I Interferon showing an increase in phagocytosis of dead cells (marked in green).

Lower image, electron microscopy images of macrophages treated with Type-I Interferon – the mitochondria (colored in pink) show increased mitochondrial fission. This was associated with the resolution of the immune response.

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