The heterogeneity of lung macrophages in the susceptibility to disease
Alveolar macrophages are specialised resident phagocytes in the alveolus, constituting the first line of immune cellular defence in the lung. As the lung microenvironment is challenged and remodelled by inhaled pathogens and air particles, so is the alveolar macrophage pool altered by signals that m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2015-09-01
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| Series: | European Respiratory Review |
| Online Access: | http://err.ersjournals.com/content/24/137/505.full |