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Clearance of dead cells: mechanisms, immune responses and implication in the development of diseases

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This work was supported by a project from the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen, 3G072810 to D.V.K.) and by an individual research grant from FWO-Vlaanderen (31507110 to D.V.K.). D.V.K. is a postdoctoral fellow at FWO-Vlaanderen. We thank Dr. A. Bredan for editing some of the reviews in the special issue.

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Krysko, D.V., Vandenabeele, P. Clearance of dead cells: mechanisms, immune responses and implication in the development of diseases. Apoptosis 15, 995–997 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-010-0524-6

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