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Expression of CD14, CD16 and CD45RA on monocytes from periodontitis patients.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Feb 2004
Nagasawa T, Kobayashi H, Aramaki M, Kiji M, Oda S, Izumi Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Peripheral blood monocytes are a heterogeneous population, with phenotypes that change on activation or differentiation. Most of the monocytes express lipopolysaccharide (LPS) receptor, CD14 intensely, and do not express Fc gamma receptor III, CD16 (CD14++CD16- monocytes). But monocytes expressing CD16 with reduced CD14 (CD14+CD16+ monocytes) increase in inflammatory diseases as well as...
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