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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Main Author: Mecklenburgh, Katy
Published: University of Edinburgh 1999
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657665