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Evaluation of the effect of GM-CSF blocking on the phenotype and function of human monocytes.
Scientific reports - 31 Jan 2020
Lotfi Noushin, Zhang Guang-Xian, Esmaeil Nafiseh, Rostami Abdolmohamad
Abstract excerpt
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a multipotent cytokine that prompts the proliferation of bone marrow-derived macrophages and granulocytes. In addition to its effects as a growth factor, GM-CSF plays an important role in chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis. Reports have identified monocytes as the primary target of GM-CSF;...
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