Article
Emergence of inflammatory alveolar macrophages during rejection or infection after lung transplantation.
Transplantation - 15 Jun 1994
Frachon I, Fattal-German M, Magnan A, Cerrina J, Le Roy Ladurie F, Parquin F, Rain B, Lecerf F, Dartevelle P, Emilie D
Abstract excerpt
Local activation of macrophages may play an important role in immune complications following lung transplantation. To document such a phenomenon, we have investigated the possible changes of alveolar macrophage surface antigen expression after lung transplantation. Using immunocytofluorometry, we...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Female
- Graft Rejection
- HLA-DR Antigens
- Humans
- Infections
- Lipopolysaccharide Receptors
- Lung Transplantation
- Macrophages, Alveolar
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype