Macrophage responses to hypoxia: Relevance to disease mechanisms

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 889-900

  Lewis, J S ^b   Lee, J A ^b   Underwood, J C E ^b   Harris, A L ^b   Lewis, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cytokines; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CYTOKINE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MACROPHAGE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033405817     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.66.6.889     Document Type: Review

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