Beryllium increases the CD14(dim)CD16+ subset in the lung of chronic beryllium disease.

CD14dimCD16+ and CD14brightCD16+ cells, which compose a minor population of monocytes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), have been implicated in several inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this phenotype was present as a subset of lung infiltrativ...

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Main Authors: Li Li, Nabeel Hamzeh, May Gillespie, Jill Elliott, Jieru Wang, Eva Brigitte Gottschall, Peggy M Mroz, Lisa A Maier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4331542?pdf=render