Meanings of alveolar macrophage in English

Silica is a well-known occupational fibrogenic agent and its primary target cell is alveolar macrophage.

Less robust alveolar macrophage recruitment and activation was observed in mice treated with intraperitoneal KGF.

Strikingly, tissue interstitial macrophages were elevated in alveolar macrophage-deficient mice identifying a new homeostatic relationship between different macrophage subtypes.

Objectives: We recently determined in an animal model that alcohol ingestion impairs pulmonary zinc metabolism and causes alveolar macrophage immune dysfunction.

The objective of this research is to determine the effects of alcoholism on zinc bioavailability and alveolar macrophage function in human subjects.

In vitro and in vivo studies suggest that alveolar macrophage produce the mediators implicated in the bone marrow response to ambient particles.

In 13 patients presenting a defective CA of circulating PMNs, the in vitro response of alveolar macrophage CA to r-IFN-gamma was also determined.

One possible mechanism by which alcohol increases susceptibility to acute lung injury is through alterations in alveolar macrophage function and induction of tissue remodeling activity.

In this study, alveolar macrophage DNA from heavy smokers and never smokers was isolated and methylation status at 25,000 loci determined.

We provide evidence for the nature of inclusions contained in alveolar macrophages.

Significant gene expression changes in alveolar macrophages from smokers have been identified.

This study reveals a novel mechanism of bacterial clearance by alveolar macrophages.

Resident alveolar macrophages are important in host defense against opportunistic fungal infections.

PMT-derived alveolar macrophages persisted for at least one year as did therapeutic effects.

Legionella pneumophila proliferates within alveolar macrophages as a central property of Legionnaires' disease.

Small vesicles containing gold particles were found in the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages.