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Factors responsible for peritoneal granulocyte apoptosis during sepsis.
The Journal of surgical research - 1 Apr 1997
Ayala A, Karr S M, Evans T A, Chaudry I H
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis (Ao), is a process by which cells undergo a form of non-necrotic cellular suicide, the control of which may have significant impact on host immunoresponsiveness to a septic challenge. The aim of this study was to determine (1) if Ao is evident in granulocytes harvested from the blood or peritoneum of septic animals and to what extent this was associated with cell activation and (2) whether the in vivo...
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