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Gaucher cells demonstrate a distinct macrophage phenotype and resemble alternatively activated macrophages.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Sept 2004
Boven Leonie A, van Meurs Marjan, Boot Rolf G, Mehta Atul, Boon Louis, Aerts Johannes M, Laman Jon D
Abstract excerpt
Although the existence of anti-inflammatory alternatively activated macrophages (aamphi) has been accepted widely based on in vitro studies, their in vivo location, phenotype, and function still are debated. Gaucher disease (GD) is caused by a genetic deficiency in the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase and is characterized by accumulation of glycosphingolipids in so-called Gaucher cells (GCs). By using...
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