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Macrophage antimicrobial functions in a chicken MHC chromosome dosage model.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Sept 1992
Lin H K, Bloom S E, Dietert R R
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages respond to certain inflammatory signals with a marked increase in respiratory burst and the production of reactive oxygen intermediates; these metabolites play an essential role in the destruction of invading microorganisms. In this study, macrophage antibacterial inflammatory responses were compared among chickens having two (disomic), three (trisomic), or four (tetrasomic) copies of the major...
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