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Airway dendritic cell phenotypes in inflammatory diseases of the human lung.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Nov 2007
Lommatzsch M, Bratke K, Bier A, Julius P, Kuepper M, Luttmann W, Virchow J C
Abstract excerpt
Airway dendritic cells (DCs) are key regulators of pulmonary immune responses. However, information is limited regarding the characteristics of airway DCs in human lung diseases. Plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) and myeloid DCs (mDCs) were analysed using four-colour flow cytometry in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from nonsmoking controls and patients with sarcoidosis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and...
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