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Phenotypic features and secretory pattern of alveolar macrophages in atopic asthmatic patients.
Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace - 1 Jan 1993
Catena E, Mazzarella G, Peluso G F, Micheli P, Cammarata A, Marsico S A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to evaluate by cytofluorimetry, the phenotype and the activation of alveolar macrophages (CD14; CD33; CD44; CD54; CD23; HLA-DR) and, by radioimmunoassay, the "in vivo and in vitro" macrophage secretory pattern (IL-1 alpha; IL-1 beta; IL6; IL8; PGE2; PGD-1 alpha; TXB2; LTB4) in atopic patients with mild asthma in intercritical phase and with bronchial hyperreactivity (PD20 FEV1 = 377 +/-...
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