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Phenotypic characterization of lung macrophages in asthmatic patients: overexpression of CCL17.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Dec 2012
Staples Karl J, Hinks Timothy S C, Ward Jon A, Gunn Victoria, Smith Caroline, Djukanović Ratko
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BACKGROUND: Studies with monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) and animal models have suggested a role for alternatively activated (M2) macrophages in asthmatic inflammation, but in vivo evidence for this phenotype in human asthma is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To characterize the phenotype of lung macrophages from asthmatic patients in relation to disease severity and treatment. METHODS: M2 biomarkers were first...
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