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Infiltration of lung carcinomas with macrophages of the 27E10-positive phenotype.
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - 1 Aug 1997
Endress H, Freudenberg N, Fitzke E, Grahmann P R, Hasse J, Dieter P
Abstract excerpt
In order to gain insight into the role of macrophages in human lung carcinomas, we investigated material from 35 lung carcinomas and 5 healthy lungs with 4 different antibodies (CD68, MRP8, MRP14, 27E10) recognizing different macrophage subtypes. Infiltration with CD68-positive macrophages was highest and comparable in healthy lungs and lung carcinomas. Compared to healthy lungs, the infiltration of MRP8- and...
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