Alveolar macrophages
Mechanisms of corticosteroid insensitivity in COPD alveolar macrophages exposed to NTHi
... on alveolar macrophage apoptosis in the model. Alveolar macrophages from 3 patients were cultured on chamber slides and left untreated (A) or treated with either Triton-x ...
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Interaction of rat alveolar macrophages with dental composite dust
... The effect of composite dust particles on membrane in- tegrity was assessed through two independent approaches, i.e., the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay and the β- glucuronidase assay. The LDH assay assesses the mem- ...
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Alveolar macrophages lack CCR2 expression and do not migrate to CCL2
... and alveolar macrophages express receptors for ...than alveolar macro- phages migrate toward a given dose of ...than alveolar macrophages from the same ...mobile. Macrophages, on ...
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Depletion of Alveolar Macrophages by Treatment with 2-Chloroadenosine Aerosol
... Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are localized in the alveoli and alveolar ducts of the lung and are the only macrophages living in an aerobic ...cultured macrophages, and we hypothesized ...
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Gene Expression Profiles in Alveolar Macrophages Induced by Lipopolysaccharide in Humans
... asthma. Alveolar macro- phages are the main resident leukocytes exposed to inhaled ...human alveolar macrophages upon exposure to LPS in vivo, we conducted a study in eight healthy hu- mans, in which ...
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Mechanisms for Adaptation of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus to Replication in Alveolar Macrophages
... in alveolar tissue macro- phages (42, 43, ...in alveolar macrophages emerge in approxi- mately 30% of the monkeys that develop AIDS following infection with SIVmac239 (12; ...tissue ...
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Role of Alveolar Macrophages in Respiratory Transmission of Visna/Maedi Virus
... 2007). Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are prime candidates for the initial uptake of virus in the lower lung, given their in vivo tropism for VMV, abundant numbers, location within the airways, and role in ...
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Matrix metalloproteinase expression and production by alveolar macrophages in emphysema
... that alveolar macrophages represent a signifi- cant source of matrix-degrading proteinases in the emphysematous ...lung. Macrophages from bron- choalveolar lavage fluid of 10 patients with emphysema ...
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Reduced transient receptor potential vanilloid 2 expression in alveolar macrophages causes COPD in mice through impaired phagocytic activity
... cells, alveolar epithelial cells, and inflamma- tory cells, accumulate in lung tissues of COPD patients ...whether alveolar macrophages utilize signalling through TRPV2 channels to cluster apoptotic ...
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Pinocytosis by Human Alveolar Macrophages COMPARISON OF SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS
... Alveolar macrophages were obtained from human volunteers, smokers and nonsmokers, by bronchial lavage through a fiberoptic bronchoscope. Cells were incubated in a chemically defined medium containing [ 14 ...
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Lipids of alveolar macrophages, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and their phagocytic vesicles
... rabbit alveolar macrophages and 25% of that in their phagocytic vesicles, contained almost 60% oleic acid and 20% linoleic ...peritoneal macrophages or in rat alveolar ...
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Isolation and Properties of Phagocytic Vesicles II ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES
... Phagocytic vesicles were obtained by density gradient centrifugation of homogenized rabbit alveolar macrophages that had ingested emulsified paraffin oil contained Oil Red O. The phagocyte vesicles floated ...
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Alveolar hypoxia, alveolar macrophages, and systemic inflammation
... recruitment, alveolar macrophage activation, endothelial and epithelial cell damage, increased vascular permeability and pulmonary edema ...of alveolar macro- phage activation and lung injury secondary to ...
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Synthesis of Dipalmitoyl Lecithin by Alveolar Macrophages
... by alveolar macrophages, heterophils, and lung slices, 37% was in the 1 ...fluid, alveolar macrophages, and lung of rabbit 8-12 hr after a single intravenous injection of palmitic-1- 14 C ...
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Interaction of primate alveolar macrophages and Legionella pneumophila
... We studied the interaction between Legionella pneumophila, which is principally a pulmonary pathogen, with primate alveolar macrophages (AM), which are the primary pulmonary cellular defense mechanism. For ...
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Enhancement of bactericidal capacity of alveolar macrophages by human alveolar lining material
... the alveolar macrophage in the killing of inhaled ...when alveolar macrophages were studied in vitro. Recently, alveolar lining material (ALM) from rats has been shown to enhance the in vitro ...
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Alveolar Macrophages in Perinatal Infants
... In contrast, alveolar macrophages were noted in only 33 of 46 infants who survived for less than 2 days, all of whom had pulmonary lesions; alveolar macrophages were absent in six infant[r] ...
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Expression of a metalloproteinase that degrades native type V collagen and denatured collagens by cultured human alveolar macrophages
... immunologically cross-reactive with human neutrophil gelatinase. When newly synthesized 35S-methionine-labeled proteins were analyzed, the proteinase appeared to be a major secretion product of alveolar ...
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Gamma interferon is spontaneously released by alveolar macrophages and lung T lymphocytes in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis
... and alveolar macrophages contributed to the spontaneous release of IFN gamma by lung mononuclear cells from sarcoid patients; purified preparations of ...
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Alpha 1 antitrypsin content in the serum, alveolar macrophages, and alveolar lavage fluid of smoking and nonsmoking normal subjects
... obtain alveolar fluid and macrophages from normal volunteers, and alpha-1-antitrypsin and albumin were measured using the electroimmunodiffusion ...the alveolar macrophages of the ...
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