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Comparison of the numbers of free (surface) macrophages in the respiratory systems of three species of birds in an urban and a rural area of South Africa

Lindi Steyn, Auteur ; John N. Maina, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (156(4) 2015/04/14)

The main cellular line of defence of the lung consists of the free (surface) macrophages (FMs). The cells engulf foreign agents (biological and particulate) and destroy or sequester them. The goal of this study was to determine whether the numbe[...]

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