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Fluticasone propionate-induced regulation of the balance within macrophage subpopulations.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Tormey V J, Bernard S, Ivory K, Burke C M, Poulter L W
Abstract excerpt
In asthma, treatment with inhaled corticosteroids reduces chronic peribronchial inflammation and restores the balance within macrophage subpopulations. This study investigates whether corticosteroids can regulate monocyte differentiation in vitro and thereby influence the balance of functionally distinct macrophages. Graded doses of fluticasone propionate (FP) were added to cultures of normal peripheral blood...
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