Alveolar macrophages: Wielding the double-edged sword of inflammation

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-104

  Rubins, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD16 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIUM; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EDITORIAL; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MICE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037438720     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2210007     Document Type: Editorial

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