A new study has found how lung macrophages develop and these new findings can help to reduce organ damage and are significant for the continued development of important lung disease treatments.
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Stockholm [Sweden], January 3 (ANI): How different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs and which of them may be behind severe lung diseases, has been described in a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
acrophages
Monocytes and macrophages are both part of the human body’s immune system. A type of white blood cell, monocytes circulate in the blood for several days and convert to macrophages when they migrate into any tissue of the body.
Macrophages protect organs from viral and bacterial attacks. In case of lungs, the organs are exposed to viruses and bacteria from both air and the blood.
Monocytes are a type of white blood cell which surrounds and kills microorganisms, ingests foreign material and boosts immune response. There are two types of genetically different monocytes, which are ‘classical’ CD14+ monocytes and ‘non-classical’ CD16+ monocytes.