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SUBMITTER: Shen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4163630 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shen Jiayin J Hilgenbrink Andrew R AR Xia Wei W Feng Yang Y Dimitrov Dimiter S DS Lockwood Michael B MB Amato Robert J RJ Low Philip S PS
Journal of leukocyte biology 20140711 4
Activated macrophages are commonly involved in the pathogenesis of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and have been frequently reported to overexpress FR-β. Although FR-targeted therapies aimed at eliminating activated macrophages have shown promise for treating inflammatory diseases, little work has been performed to evaluate whether other hematopoietic cells might also express FR-β. Analysis of peripheral blood cells with a mAb to human FR-β reveals that only monocytes express FR-β. Molecula ...[more]