Article
The role of macrophages in healing the wounded lung.
International journal of experimental pathology - 1 Aug 2012
Alber Andreas, Howie Sarah E M, Wallace William A H, Hirani Nikhil
Abstract excerpt
Acute tissue injury is often considered in the context of a wound. The host response to wounding is an orchestrated series of events, the fundamentals of which are preserved across all multicellular organisms. In the human lung, there are a myriad of causes of injury, but only a limited number of consequences: complete resolution, persistent and/or overwhelming inflammation, a combination of...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
