Acute Kidney Injury Reduces Phagocytic and Microbicidal Capacities of Alveolar Macrophages
Author(s) -
Reinaldo C. Silva,
Maristella A. Landgraf,
Matheus Corrêa-Costa,
Patrícia Semedo,
Marcos Antônio Cenedeze,
Álvaro PachecoSilva,
Richardt G. Landgraf,
Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000343359
Subject(s) - phagocytosis , inflammation , bronchoalveolar lavage , kidney , immunology , medicine , infiltration (hvac) , lung , macrophage , biology , in vitro , biochemistry , physics , thermodynamics
Renal ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a systemic inflammatory process in which Th1 responses predominate affecting other organs including the lungs. The present study explored the phagocytic and microbicidal capacity of macrophages in rats with lung inflammation that underwent IRI.
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