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HIV-1–Transgene Expression in Rats Decreases Alveolar Macrophage Zinc Levels and Phagocytosis
28 Feb 2008
Abstract excerpt
HIV-1 infection impairs alveolar macrophage immune function and renders patients susceptible to pneumonia by poorly understood mechanisms. Alveolar macrophage maturation and function depends on granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), which is produced and secreted by the alveolar epithelium. Macrophages respond to GM-CSF through the GM-CSF receptor (GM-CSFR), which has a binding subunit...
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