1. Células Epiteliales en la inmunidad del pulmón.
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Rivas-Santiago, Bruno, Vieyra-Reyes, Patricia, De Larrea, Carlos Fernández, and Araujo, Zaida
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RESPIRATORY infections , *MICROORGANISMS , *INFECTION , *IMMUNE response , *EPITHELIAL cells , *MOLECULES - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2006