Title : Increased number of alveolar macrophages expressing surface molecules of the CD11/CD18 family in sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is related to the production of superoxide anions by these cells.

Pub. Date : 1993 Jun

PMID : 8099261






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1 Increased number of alveolar macrophages expressing surface molecules of the CD11/CD18 family in sarcoidosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is related to the production of superoxide anions by these cells. Superoxides integrin subunit beta 2 Homo sapiens
2 Incubation of the AM with the MoAb anti-CD18 reduced the spontaneous O2- release from SA AM by 52 +/- 8% and from IPF AM by 49 +/- 3% but did not influence O2- release from NS AM (92 +/- 4%). Superoxides integrin subunit beta 2 Homo sapiens