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Beryllium increases the CD14(dim)CD16+ subset in the lung of chronic beryllium disease.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Li Li, Hamzeh Nabeel, Gillespie May, Elliott Jill, Wang Jieru, Gottschall Eva Brigitte, Mroz Peggy M, Maier Lisa A
Abstract excerpt
CD14dimCD16+ and CD14brightCD16+ cells, which compose a minor population of monocytes in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), have been implicated in several inflammatory diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this phenotype was present as a subset of lung infiltrative alveolar macrophages (AMs) in the granulomatous lung disease, chronic beryllium disease (CBD). The monocytes...
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