Alveolar Macrophage in the Driver's Seat

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 2006 Netherlands English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Immunity, volume 24, pages 366-368 (issn: 1074-7613,

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Authors: Lambrecht, Bart;

doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2006.03.008

pmid: 16618595

Alveolar Macrophage in the Driver's Seat

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Abstract

Although alveolar macrophages are normally quiescent to prevent damaging the alveoli, in this issue of Immunity, Takabayshi et al. (2006) demonstrate that alveolar macrophages can self-regulate their function on demand to mount an appropriate immune response.

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Netherlands

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Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Erasmus University Medical Center
Netherlands

Keywords

Immunology, Cell Communication, Respiratory Mucosa, Macrophage Activation, EMC MM-04-42-02, Pulmonary Alveoli, Infectious Diseases, Macrophages, Alveolar, Immunology and Allergy, Animals, Humans

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