The role of surfactant phospholipids in the modulation of tumour necrosis factor-α production by monocytes
The release of the cytokine Tumour Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) by alveolar macrophages, is central to the inflammatory response within the lung. The Alveolar macrophage is derived from peripheral blood monocytes. This study investigated how pulmonary surfactant (composed of approximately 90% phospholi...
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
2001
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.629867 |