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Enhanced expression of activation-associated molecules on macrophages of heterogeneous populations in expanding periapical lesions in rat molars.
Archives of oral biology - 1 Jan 1999
Suzuki N, Okiji T, Suda H
Abstract excerpt
Exudative macrophages are the most prevalent inflammatory cells during the entire pathogenetic process in experimentally induced rat periapical lesions. To clarify the significance of macrophages in the pathogenesis of periapical lesions, the way in which the phenotype of ED1 (a general marker for mononuclear phagocytes)-positive cells is modulated in actively expanding lesions was investigated, by...
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