Modulation of human neutrophil apoptosis by hypoxia
Neutrophil apoptosis represents a major mechanism involved in the resolution of inflammation. When neutrophils die by apoptosis they retain their granule contents but lose chemotactic and secretory responsiveness and are phagocytosed intact by macrophages via a mechanism, which does not incite an in...
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University of Edinburgh
1999
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657665 |