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Immune cells fuel the fire

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Regulation of body temperature by the nervous system is essential for physiological function in both health and disease. The immune system also seems to have a crucial role in this process. See Letter p.104

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Figure 1: Role of macrophages in thermogenesis.

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  1. *This article and the paper5 under discussion were published online on 20 November 2011.

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