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Interleukin 4 induces cultured monocytes/macrophages to form giant multinucleated cells

Giant multinucleated cells (GMCs) are associated with granulomatous lesions that form in response to various infectious and noninfectious agents. The present study shows that mouse IL-4 induces the in vitro formation of GMCs by factor-dependent bone marrow and alveolar monocytes via cell fusion. GMC...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2188835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3258008