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Lectins Offer New Perspectives in the Development of Macrophage-Targeted Therapies for COPD/Emphysema
We have previously shown that the defective ability of alveolar macrophages (AM) to phagocytose apoptotic cells (‘efferocytosis’) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/emphysema (COPD) could be therapeutically improved using the C-type lectin, mannose binding lectin (MBL), although the exact mech...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23441163 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056147 |