Immunological Role of Lung Epithelial Cells

Autor:	Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Patricia Vieyra-Reyes, Carlos Fernández de Larrea, Zaida Araujo
Jazyk:	English<br />Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Células epiteliales péptidos antimicrobianos defensinas inmunidad innata Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	Kasmera, Vol 34, Iss 1, Pp 61-68 (2006)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0075-5222 2477-9628
Popis:	The respiratory tract is one of the main apparatus which is in daily contact with a wide variety of microorganisms, however, only on a few occasions is infection establish because of its innate immune response. Respiratory tract epithelial cells play a very important role in avoiding infectious agent colonization of the lungs, since this kind of cell can recognize microbial molecules through very specialized receptors such as Toll-like. Moreover these cells posses a broad variety of molecules which are related to local immunity. Respiratory tract epithelial cells are capable of producing several chemokines, antimicrobial peptides and other pro-inflammatory molecules.
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