Article
Augmented proliferation of human alveolar macrophages after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation.
Blood - 15 Jan 1999
Nakata K, Gotoh H, Watanabe J, Uetake T, Komuro I, Yuasa K, Watanabe S, Ieki R, Sakamaki H, Akiyama H, Kudoh S, Naitoh M, Satoh H, Shimada K
Abstract excerpt
After allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (allo-BMT), recipient alveolar macrophages (AM) are gradually replaced by AM of the donor origin. An influx of mononuclear phagocytes of donor origin to the lung is responsible for the repopulation, but the detailed kinetics remain unclear. We therefor...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
- Cell Division
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Female
- Genotype
- Hematologic Diseases
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Kinetics
- Lung