Alveolar macrophages of children sufferi
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J. Pryjma; Jolanta Kaszuba-Zwoinska; J. Pawlik; A. Pogorzelski; G. Lis; J. Baran
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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During bacterial infections of the respiratory tract, neutrophils (PMN) are recruited to the lung by various mechanisms, including production of interleukin-8 (IL-8) by alveolar macrophages (AM). After fulfilling their defense function, PMN become apoptotic and have to be disposed of by AM to preven