Ontogeny of rat pulmonary alveolar macrophage function: Evidence for a selective deficiency in IL-10 and nitric oxide production by newborn alveolar macrophages

Cytokine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-57

  Lee, Peter T ^a,b   Holt, Patrick G ^a   McWilliam, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Lipopolysaccharide; Lung; Macrophage; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0035822282     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2001.0894     Document Type: Article

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