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Two-dimensional Analysis of Elements and Mononuclear Cells in Hard Metal Lung Disease

DOI

76

Citations

31

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2007

Year

Hiroshi Moriyama, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Toshinori Takada, Takashi Shimizu, Masaki Terada, Junichi Narita, Michio Maruyama, Kouichi Watanabe, Eiichi Suzuki, Fumitake Gejyo
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

Macrophages may phagocytose inhaled tungsten via CD163 and play an important role in forming the fibrotic lesion of hard metal lung disease with cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

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