Alveolar Epithelial Cells Are Critical in Protection of the Respiratory Tract by Secretion of Factors Able To Modulate the Activity of Pulmonary Macrophages and Directly Control Bacterial Growth

Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells Induce T Cell Tolerance to Specific Antigen

(2014) B. Lo et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

CCR2+ Monocyte-Derived Dendritic Cells and Exudate Macrophages Produce Influenza-Induced Pulmonary Immune Pathology and Mortality

(2014) K. L. Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Airway Epithelial Cells Regulate the Functional Phenotype of Locally Differentiating Dendritic Cells: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Infectious and Allergic Airway Disease

(2014) A. Rate et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A macrophage subpopulation recruited by CC chemokine ligand-2 clears apoptotic cells in noninfectious lung injury

(2012) Jiurong Liang et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

The Role of Airway Epithelial Cells in Response to Mycobacteria Infection

(2012) Yong Li et al.   Clinical & Developmental Immunology

The Role of Alveolar Epithelial Cells in Initiating and Shaping Pulmonary Immune Responses: Communication between Innate and Adaptive Immune Systems

(2012) Olga D. Chuquimia et al.   PLoS One

Cathelicidin is involved in the intracellular killing of mycobacteria in macrophages

(2011) Avinash Sonawane et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Toll-Like Receptor 2 Deficiency on Immune Responses to Mycobacterial Antigens

(2011) Muhammad J. Rahman et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Macrophages in Allergic Asthma: Fine-Tuning Their Pro- and Anti-Inflammatory Actions for Disease Resolution

(2011) Ana Paula Moreira et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERFERON AND CYTOKINE RESEARCH

Classically and alternatively activated bone marrow derived macrophages differ in cytoskeletal functions and migration towards specific CNS cell types

(2011) Elly JF Vereyken et al.   Journal of Neuroinflammation

Innate Immune Responses to Bacterial Ligands in the Peripheral Human Lung – Role of Alveolar Epithelial TLR Expression and Signalling

(2011) Andrew J. Thorley et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Ischemia on Lung Macrophages

(2011) Aigul Moldobaeva et al.   PLoS One

Respiratory epithelial cells in innate immunity to influenza virus infection

(2010) Catherine J. Sanders et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Sequential expression of macrophage anti-microbial/inflammatory and wound healing markers following innate, alternative and classical activation

(2010) F. M. Menzies et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Alternative Activation of Macrophages: Mechanism and Functions

(2010) Siamon Gordon et al.   IMMUNITY

Surfactant Protein A (SP-A)-mediated Clearance ofStaphylococcus aureusInvolves Binding of SP-A to the Staphylococcal Adhesin Eap and the Macrophage Receptors SP-A Receptor 210 and Scavenger Receptor Class A

(2010) Zvjezdana Sever-Chroneos et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Suppression of interleukin (IL)-8 and human beta defensin-2 secretion in LPS-and/or IL-1β-stimulated airway epithelial A549 cells by a herbal formulation against respiratory infections (BNO 1030)

(2010) Katarina Hostanska et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

Innate immune responses of the airway epithelium

(2010) Ji-Hwan Ryu et al.   MOLECULES AND CELLS

The mechanisms and consequences of the extra-pulmonary dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2010) Nitya Krishnan et al.   TUBERCULOSIS

Lung environment determines unique phenotype of alveolar macrophages

(2009) Amanda M. Guth et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Pulmonary Surfactant: An Immunological Perspective

(2009) Zissis Chroneos et al.   CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Lung interstitial macrophages alter dendritic cell functions to prevent airway allergy in mice

(2009) Denis Bedoret et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Alveolar Epithelial Type II Cells Activate Alveolar Macrophages and Mitigate P. Aeruginosa Infection

(2009) Shibichakravarthy Kannan et al.   PLoS One

CD11c+ antigen presenting cells from the alveolar space, lung parenchyma and spleen differ in their phenotype and capabilities to activate naïve and antigen-primed T cells

(2008) Kapilan Kugathasan et al.   BMC IMMUNOLOGY

Cell mechanics of alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) and macrophages (AMs)

(2008) Sophie Féréol et al.   RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROBIOLOGY