Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library.
Discontinued
Publisher:
Frontiers in Bioscience Publications,. Searington, NY : Frontiers In Bioscience Publications (2004)
Frequency: Annual
Country: United States
Language: English
Start Year:1996 - 2008
ISSN:
1093-9946 (Print)
1093-4715 (Linking)
1093-4715 (Linking)
Impact Factor
3.1
2022
| NLM ID: | 9709506 |
| (DNLM): | SR0091285(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 36917520 |
| LCCN: | sn97-4044 |
| Classification: | W1 FR945TT |
The comparative biology of pulmonary intravascular macrophages. Pulmonary intravascular macrophages are an important part of the mononuclear phagocyte system in some species of mammals, mainly sheep and other ruminants, pigs, and horses. These cells phagocytize foreign particles, cell debris and pathogens that pass through the pulmonary circulation. Species with intravascular macrophages localize intravenously injected tracer particles and bacteria predominantly in the lung rather than the liver, and exhibit pulmonary hypertension when these cells are activated. Both in vivo and in vitro studies show that pulmonary intravascular macrophages have distinct s...