The immune system uses many sensors to detect and report microbial invaders. Most of these sensors are associated with immune cells, but the extracellular matrix also seems to be essential for this sentinel duty.
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McDonald, C., Nuñez, G. Mindin the fort. Nat Immunol 5, 16–18 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0104-16
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