Functional and morphological differences between human alveolar and interstitial macrophages

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 77-82

  Fathi, Maryam ^a   Johansson, Anne ^b   Lundborg, Margot ^b   Orre, Lotta ^a   Skold C Magnus ^a   Camner, Per ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Macrophages; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIUM; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0035571702     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exmp.2000.2344     Document Type: Article

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