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. 2013 May 16;4(5):e630. doi: 10.1038/cddis.2013.147

Figure 4.

Figure 4

A cell-in-cell stress model. When one effector cell (immune cells) enters into one target cell (tissue or tumor cell), a special niche will be established around them to induce either inflammation or immune tolerance. Cell death or cell proliferation inside target cells contribute to inflammatory response while the elimination of effector cells inside target cells leads to immune tolerance