Article
Accessory cell function of blood monocytes and alveolar macrophages after human lung transplantation.
The American review of respiratory disease - 1 Sept 1991
Noyes B E, Paradis I L, Dauber J H
Abstract excerpt
Infection is a major complication of organ transplantation, and the lung is the most common site in recipients of a pulmonary allograft. The generation of an immune response both systemically and in the lungs is a major line of defense against infection. Therefore, we examined the ability of bloo...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigen-Presenting Cells
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Humans
- Lung Transplantation
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Macrophages
- Monocytes
- Phenotype