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Macrophages, Alveolar
Known as:
Macrophage, Pulmonary
, Pulmonary Macrophage
, Alveolar Macrophage
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Round, granular, mononuclear phagocytes found in the alveoli of the lungs. They ingest small inhaled particles resulting in degradation and…
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Alveolus
Immune system
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Process of secretion
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Respiratory System
macrophage
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Insight into human alveolar macrophage and M. tuberculosis interactions via metabolic reconstructions
A. Bordbar
,
N. Lewis
,
Jan Schellenberger
,
B. Palsson
,
N. Jamshidi
Molecular Systems Biology
2010
Corpus ID: 7243074
Metabolic coupling of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to its host is foundational to its pathogenesis. Computational genome‐scale…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Smoking-Dependent Reprogramming of Alveolar Macrophage Polarization: Implication for Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease1
Renat Shaykhiev
,
Anja Krause
,
+4 authors
R. Crystal
Journal of Immunology
2009
Corpus ID: 36112006
When exposed to a specific microenvironment, macrophages acquire either M1- or M2-polarized phenotypes associated with…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Alveolar Macrophage–mediated Killing of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. muris Involves Molecular Recognition by the Dectin-1 β-Glucan Receptor
C. Steele
,
L. Marrero
,
+6 authors
J. Kolls
Journal of Experimental Medicine
2003
Corpus ID: 3906093
Innate immune mechanisms against Pneumocystis carinii, a frequent cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals, are not…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Alveolar macrophage-mediated elastolysis: roles of matrix metalloproteinases, cysteine, and serine proteases.
R. Russell
,
A. Thorley
,
+5 authors
P. Barnes
American Journal of Physiology - Lung cellular…
2002
Corpus ID: 14965524
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common lung disease with cigarette smoking as the major etiological factor, but…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Cigarette smoking reduces histone deacetylase 2 expression, enhances cytokine expression, and inhibits glucocorticoid actions in alveolar macrophages.
K. Ito
,
Sam Lim
,
G. Caramori
,
K. Chung
,
P. Barnes
,
I. Adcock
The FASEB Journal
2001
Corpus ID: 17481994
SPECIFIC AIMSGlucocorticoidsact, at least in part, through recruitment of histone deacetylases (HDACs) to sites of inflammatory…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Downregulation of the antigen presenting cell function(s) of pulmonary dendritic cells in vivo by resident alveolar macrophages
P. Holt
,
J. Oliver
,
+4 authors
Theo Thepen
Journal of Experimental Medicine
1993
Corpus ID: 2943257
Class II major histocompatibility complex (Ia)-bearing dendritic cells (DC) from airway epithelium and lung parenchyma express…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Alveolar macrophage elimination in vivo is associated with an increase in pulmonary immune response in mice
T. Thepen
,
N. Rooijen
,
G. Kraal
Journal of Experimental Medicine
1989
Corpus ID: 8898928
A single intracheal dose of liposome-encapsuled dichloro-methylene- diphosphonate resulted in the elimination of alveolar…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Normal alveolar epithelial lining fluid contains high levels of glutathione.
M Andri
,
Susan L Cantin
,
+6 authors
Ronald G Crystal Normaz Alveolar Epithelial
Journal of applied physiology
1987
Corpus ID: 14305671
The epithelial cells on the alveolar surface of the human lower respiratory tract are vulnerable to toxic oxidants derived from…
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Receptor-mediated pinocytosis of mannose glycoconjugates by macrophages: Characterization and evidence for receptor recycling
P. Stahl
,
P. Schlesinger
,
Elaine Sigardson
,
J. Rodman
,
Yunjong Lee
Cell
1980
Corpus ID: 25221211
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Evidence for receptor-mediated binding of glycoproteins, glycoconjugates, and lysosomal glycosidases by alveolar macrophages.
P. Stahl
,
J. Rodman
,
Mark J. Miller
,
P. Schlesinger
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1978
Corpus ID: 36597729
Alveolar macrophages have been shown to bind glycoproteins and synthetic glycoconjugates (neoglycorpoteins) that have mannose, N…
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