Protective roles of free avian respiratory macrophages in captive birds
In the mammalian lung, respiratory macrophages provide front line defense against invading pathogens and particulate matter. In birds, respiratory macrophages are known as free avian respiratory macrophages (FARM) and a dearth of the cells in the avian lung has been purported to foreordain a weak fi...
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Sociedad de Biología de Chile
2016
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