Role of ICAM-1 in the aggregation and adhesion of human alveolar macrophages in response to TNF-α and INF-γ

• Główni autorzy: Masahiro Sasaki (Autor), Yuriko Namioka (Autor), Takefumi Ito (Autor), Noriko Izumiyama (Autor), Shin Fukui (Autor), Akiko Watanabe (Autor), Masayuki Kashima (Autor), Masaaki Sano (Autor), Takanobu Shioya (Autor), Mamoru Miura (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Hindawi Limited, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-mediated cell-cell adhesion is thought to play an important role at sites of inflammation. Recent evidence suggests that ICAM-1 surface expression on alveolar macrophages is increased in pulmonary sarcoidosis and that inflammatory granuloma formation is cha...