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Alpha 1 Antitrypsin-Deficient Macrophages Have Impaired Efferocytosis of Apoptotic Neutrophils.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Lee Jungnam, Lu Yuanqing, Oshins Regina, West Jesse, Moneypenny Craig G, Han Kyudong, Brantly Mark L
Abstract excerpt
Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an autosomal co-dominant disorder characterized by a low level of circulating AAT, which significantly reduces protection for the lower airways against proteolytic burden caused by neutrophils. Neutrophils, which are terminally differentiated innate immune cells and play a critical role to clear pathogens, accumulate excessively in the lung of AATD individuals. The...
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