2 results for “Reaction Department”
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Medical study · Medical research · 1990
Pulmonary reaction to long and short asbestos fibers is independent of fibroblast growth factor production by alveolar macrophages
This rat study asked whether alveolar macrophage secretions (scavenger cells in the lung's air spaces) explain why long, but not short, crocidolite fibers cause lung fibrosis. UICC crocidolite was separated into long fibers (mean 24.4 microns) and…
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Medical study · Medical research · 1991
Selective differences in macrophage populations and monokine production in resolving pulmonary granuloma and fibrosis
Alveolar macrophages (AM) and their production of interleukin-1-like activity (IL-1) and macrophage-derived growth factor for fibroblasts (MDGF) were examined during chronic inflammatory reactions leading to either granuloma formation or fibrosis. Groups of…