Neutrophil apoptosis: Relevance to the innate immune response and inflammatory disease

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-227

  Fox, Sarah ^a   Leitch, Andrew E ^a   Duffin, Rodger ^a   Haslett, Christopher ^a   Rossi, Adriano G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Inflammation; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GRANULOCYTE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHILS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953440032     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000284367     Document Type: Review

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