Effects of pulmonary surfactant on macrophage migration: Suppression of chemokinesis by surfactant phospholipid and enhancement of chemotaxis by surfactant protein

Respirology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Tanaka, Fujiho ^a   Suga, Moritaka ^b   Nishikawa, Hiroshi ^b   Muranaka, Hiroyuki ^b   Ando, Masayuki ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophages chemokinesis; Chemotaxis; Random migration; Surfactant phospholipid; Surfactant protein

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; PHOSPHOLIPID; SURFACTANT ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; FEMALE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0030858466     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1997.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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