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Adherent human alveolar macrophages exhibit a transient pro-inflammatory profile that confounds responses to innate immune stimulation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Tomlinson Gillian S, Booth Helen, Petit Sarah J, Potton Elspeth, Towers Greg J, Miller Robert F, Chain Benjamin M, Noursadeghi Mahdad
Abstract excerpt
Alveolar macrophages (AM) are thought to have a key role in the immunopathogenesis of respiratory diseases. We sought to test the hypothesis that human AM exhibit an anti-inflammatory bias by making genome-wide comparisons with monocyte derived macrophages (MDM). Adherent AM obtained by bronchoal...
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