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Alveolar macrophage function is altered in patients with lung cancer.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Feb 2006
Pouniotis D S, Plebanski M, Apostolopoulos V, McDonald C F
Abstract excerpt
The alveolar macrophage (AM) is believed to be of central importance in the immune response against infection and tumour. We examined patients with lung cancer in order to evaluate the immuno-stimulatory potential of AM in lung cancer. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples were obtained from patients with adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated lung carcinoma, small cell carcinoma and...
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