Abstract
The latest Aegean Conferences workshop on innate immunity (Rhodes, Greece) discussed recent developments that suggest that innate immune mechanisms are not restricted to providing first-line defense or instructing the development of adaptive immunity, but additionally permeate and influence diverse physiological and homeostatic processes.
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