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Characterization of Distinct Macrophage Subpopulations during Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Lung Injury and Fibrosis.
American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2016
Venosa Alessandro, Malaviya Rama, Choi Hyejeong, Gow Andrew J, Laskin Jeffrey D, Laskin Debra L
Abstract excerpt
Nitrogen mustard (NM) is an alkylating agent known to cause extensive pulmonary injury progressing to fibrosis. This is accompanied by a persistent macrophage inflammatory response. In these studies, we characterized the phenotype of macrophages accumulating in the lung over time following NM exposure. Treatment of rats with NM (0.125 mg/kg, intratracheally) resulted in an increase in CD11b(+) macrophages in...
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