Airway Macrophages
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Thoracic Society in American Review of Respiratory Disease
- Vol. 129 (5) , 823-826
- https://doi.org/10.1164/arrd.1984.129.5.823
Abstract
Two methods of fixation, intravascular perfusion and intratracheal instillation, were compared with regard to the number, distribution, and appearance of airway and alveolar macrophages. With instillation of fixative, the number of airway macrophages present was reduced to only 32.6% of that seen after intravascular perfusion. Macrophages may have important physiologic and pathologic roles in the airways. The method of fixation is crucial for preservation of their numbers and location.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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