title: Fast-Track Clearance of Bacteria from the Liver.
abstract: The liver plays a central role in clearing bacteria from the bloodstream. Two articles in this issue of Cell Host & Microbe (Broadley et al., 2016; Zeng et al., 2016) identify new mechanisms by which resident liver macrophages (Kupffer cells) rapidly capture bacteria from the blood and eliminate them, while still allowing for the induction of adaptive immunity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Llorente
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. Electronic address: beschnabl@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schnabl
mesh_terms: D056704:Adaptive Immunity; D001419:Bacteria; D006801:Humans; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology*