Human neutrophil peptides stimulate tumor necrosis factor-α release by alveolar macrophages from patients with sarcoidosis

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 586-587

  Paone, Gregorino ^a   Lucantoni, Gabriele ^a   Leone, Alvaro ^a   Graziano, Paolo ^a   Gasbarra, Rita ^a   Galluccio, Giovanni ^a   Dantoni, Salvatore ^a   Puglisi, Giovanni ^a   Girardi, Enrico ^b   Schmid, Giovanni ^c  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG FLUID; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 60249094244     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-2585     Document Type: Letter

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