Giant cell formation and function

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Brodbeck, William G ^a   Anderson, James M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreign body giant cell; Macrophage; Multinucleated giant cell; Osteoclast

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VITRONECTIN; VITRONECTIN RECEPTOR;

CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GIANT CELLS; GIANT CELLS, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INTEGRIN ALPHAVBETA3; OSTEOCLASTS;

EID: 58149108981     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: 15317048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOH.0b013e32831ac52e     Document Type: Review

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