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Oral health and pathology: a macrophage account.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery - 1 Jan 2012
Merry Rebecca, Belfield Louise, McArdle Paul, McLennan Andrew, Crean Stjohn, Foey Andrew
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are present in healthy oral mucosa and their numbers increase dramatically during disease. They can exhibit a diverse range of phenotypes characterised as a functional spectrum from pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory (regulatory) subsets. This review illustrates the role of these subsets in the oral inflammatory disease lichen planus, and the immunosuppressive disease oral squamous cell carcinoma...
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