Pulmonary macrophages

ML Lohmann-Matthes, C Steinmuller… - European …, 1994 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Interest in pulmonary macrophage research has greatly increased as is now possible not
only to work with the easily accessible alveolar macrophages but also with macrophages …

Macrophage Activation by the Polysaccharide Arabinogalactan Isolated From Plant Cell Cultures of Echinacea purpurea

B Luettig, C Steinmüller, GE Gifford… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 1989 - academic.oup.com
In this study, acidic arabinogalactan, a highly purified polysaccharide from plant cell cultures
of Echinacea purpurea, with a molecular weight of 75, 000, was effective in activating …

Characterization of murine lung interstitial macrophages in comparison with alveolar macrophages in vitro.

…, C Pförtner, P Walter, C Steinmüller… - … (Baltimore, Md.: 1950 …, 1996 - journals.aai.org
The present study was performed to characterize the immunologic potential of interstitial
macrophages (INT) in comparison with alveolar macrophages (AL). The data showed that AL, …

Polysaccharides isolated from plant cell cultures of Echinacea purpurea enhance the resistance of immunosuppressed mice against systemic infections with Candida …

C Steinmüller, J Roesler, E Gröttrup, G Franke… - International Journal of …, 1993 - Elsevier
Polysaccharides (EP) isolated from large scale plant cell cultures of Echinacea purpurea,
have been shown to activate human and murine phagocytes. In this study we investigated the …

Application of purified polysaccharides from cell cultures of the plant Echinacea purpurea to mice mediates protection against systemic infections with Listeria …

J Roesler, C Steinmüller, A Kiderlen… - International journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
… agar with incubation at 37C. Control cultures consisted of C. albicans incubated alone in
complete medium (spontaneous growth) or, with identical results, C. albicans incubated with …

Local activation of nonspecific defense against a respiratory model infection by application of interferon-γ: comparison between rat alveolar and interstitial lung …

C Steinmuller, G Franke-Ullmann… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
Pulmonary macrophages play a crucial role in the defense of inhaled pathogens. We
characterized functional properties of alveolar (AM) and interstitial (IM) macrophages from rats. AM …

National registries of rare diseases in Europe: an overview of the current situation and experiences

…, M Posada, R Stefanov, C Steinmueller… - Public health …, 2015 - karger.com
The European Union (EU) policy for healthcare requires the establishment of a system of
European Reference Networks, union-wide information databases, and registries for rare …

Alteration of pulmonary macrophage function by respiratory syncytial virus infection in vitro.

…, C Pförtner, P Walter, C Steinmüller… - … (Baltimore, Md.: 1950 …, 1995 - journals.aai.org
Alveolar macrophages (AL) are the first line of defense against inhaled pathogens and are
exposed to virus during the course of a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Interference …

Are air pollution and traffic noise independently associated with atherosclerosis: the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study

…, G Schmidt, M Schwaiger, C Steinmüller… - European heart …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Aims Living close to high traffic has been linked to subclinical atherosclerosis, however it is
not clear, whether fine particulate matter (PM) air pollution or noise, two important traffic-…

Value of progression of coronary artery calcification for risk prediction of coronary and cardiovascular events: result of the HNR study (Heinz Nixdorf Recall)

…, C Steinmüller, T Theorell, SN Willich, C Bode… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Computed tomography (CT) allows estimation of coronary artery calcium (CAC)
progression. We evaluated several progression algorithms in our unselected, population-…