Macrophage phenotypes and Gas6/Axl signaling in apical lesions

• Main Authors: Szu-Yu Chen (Author), Chi-Fu Chiang (Author), Kou-Chou Chiu (Author), Chao-Wen Cheng (Author), Shih-Ming Huang (Author), Pei-Hsuan Chen (Author), Ching-Yang Chen (Author), Yi-Shing Shieh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background/purpose: Macrophages participate in the periapical inflammation with pro-inflammatory M1 cells and anti-inflammatory M2 cells. Gas6/Axl signal is the responsible pathway for the activation of M1 and polarization of M2. The aim of this study was to compare the number of CD16+ M1 cells, CD2...