Experimental and calculated parameters on particle phagocytosis by alveolar macrophages

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2608-2616

  Camner, Per ^a,b,c   Lundborg, Margot ^a,b   Låstbom, Lena ^a,b   Gerde, Per ^a,b   Gross, Norma ^a,b   Jarstrand, Connie ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cryptococcus neoformans; Interferon ; Macrophage receptors

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; FLUORESCEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MANNOSE; SCAVENGER; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0036085551     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01067.2001     Document Type: Article

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