alveolar macrophage
11Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis — (PAP) is a rare lung disease in which abnormal accumulation of surfactant occurs within the alveoli, interfering with gas exchange. PAP can occur in a primary form or secondarily in the settings of malignancy (especially in myeloid leukemia),… …
12Matrix metallopeptidase 12 — macrophage elastase Identifiers EC number 3.4.24.65 CAS number 146888 86 0 …
13AMDGF — alveolar macrophage derived growth factor …
14AMDGF — • alveolar macrophage derived growth factor …
15Dust cell — A dust cell (or alveolar macrophage) is a type of macrophage found in the pulmonary alveolus, near the pneumocytes, but separated from the wall.Activity of the dust cells is relatively high, because they are located at one of the major boundaries …
16Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …
17White blood cell — White Blood Cells redirects here. For the album by The White Stripes, see White Blood Cells (album). White blood cell A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood. In addition to the irregularly shaped leukocytes, both… …
18Mononuclear phagocyte system — Reticuloendothelial system is an older term for the mononuclear phagocyte system. The mononuclear phagocyte system consists primarily of monocytes and macrophages. The spleen is the largest unit of the mononuclear phagocyte system. The monocyte… …
19pulmonary alveolus — Any of the 300 million or so small air spaces in the lungs where carbon dioxide leaves the blood and oxygen enters it. Alveoli form clusters (alveolar sacs) connected by alveolar ducts to the bronchioles. Their thin walls contain numerous… …
20DMBT1 — Deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 Identifiers Symbols DMBT1; FLJ61058; GP340; MGC164738; muclin External IDs …
