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Dept of Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Iowa City, IA, USA
CORRESPONDENCE: M.M. Monick, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, Room 100, EMRB, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinic, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. Fax: 1 3193356530. E-mail: martha-monick@uiowa.edu
Keywords: endotoxin, macrophage, mitogen-activated protein kinase, nuclear factor-
B, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, sphingolipids
Received: January 16, 2002
Accepted March 5, 2002
Abstract
The alveolar macrophage plays an important role in immune surveillance of the lung. Early responses to infectious agents by macrophages can decrease tissue injury and promote recovery of the host. Macrophage responses to pathogens are the cornerstone of the innate or nonspecific immune system. In particular, the response of macrophages to endotoxin from Gram negative bacteria has been the focus of many recent studies. The recent discovery of the endotoxin receptor has accelerated the study of signalling in macrophages. This review focuses on the downstream events that occur following exposure of the alveolar macrophage to endotoxin.
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