Article
Functional heterogeneity of colony-stimulating factor-induced human monocyte-derived macrophages.
Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) - 1 Jan 2006
Akagawa Kiyoko S, Komuro Iwao, Kanazawa Hiroko, Yamazaki Toshio, Mochida Keiko, Kishi Fumio
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Macrophages (Mphis) have various functions and play a critical role in host defense and the maintenance of homeostasis. Mphis exist in every tissue in the body, but Mphis from different tissues exhibit a wide range of phenotypes with regard to their morphology, cell surface antigen expression and function, and are called by different names. However, the precise mechanism of the generation of...
Topics
- Catalase
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Susceptibility
- Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- HIV Infections
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Interferon-gamma
- Interleukin-10
- Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
- Macrophages
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Phagocytosis