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Folate receptor-β constitutes a marker for human proinflammatory monocytes.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Oct 2014
Shen Jiayin, Hilgenbrink Andrew R, Xia Wei, Feng Yang, Dimitrov Dimiter S, Lockwood Michael B, Amato Robert J, Low Philip S
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Activated macrophages are commonly involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and have been frequently reported to overexpress FR-β. Although FR-targeted therapies aimed at eliminating activated macrophages have shown promise for treating inflammatory diseases, little work has been performed to evaluate whether other hematopoietic cells might also express FR-β. Analysis of peripheral...
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