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Protective roles of free avian respiratory macrophages in captive birds

In the mammalian lung, respiratory macrophages provide front line defense against invading pathogens and particulate matter. In birds, respiratory macrophages are known as free avian respiratory macrophages (FARM) and a dearth of the cells in the avian lung has been purported to foreordain a weak fi...

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Autores principales: Mutua, Mbuvi P., Muya, Shadrack, Gicheru, Muita M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4910195/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27306902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40659-016-0090-7