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SUBMITTER: Herold S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2605231 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herold Susanne S Steinmueller Mirko M von Wulffen Werner W Cakarova Lidija L Pinto Ruth R Pleschka Stephan S Mack Matthias M Kuziel William A WA Corazza Nadia N Brunner Thomas T Seeger Werner W Lohmeyer Juergen J
The Journal of experimental medicine 20081208 13
Mononuclear phagocytes have been attributed a crucial role in the host defense toward influenza virus (IV), but their contribution to influenza-induced lung failure is incompletely understood. We demonstrate for the first time that lung-recruited "exudate" macrophages significantly contribute to alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) apoptosis by the release of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) in a murine model of influenza-induced pneumonia. Using CC-chemokine receptor 2- ...[more]