Oral Inflammatory Diseases and Systemic Inflammation: Role of the Macrophage

Inflammation is a complex reaction to injurious agents and includes vascular responses, migration and activation of leukocytes. Inflammation starts with an acute reaction, which evolves into a chronic phase if allowed to persist unresolved. Acute inflammation is a rapid onset; relatively short pro...

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Main Authors: Hatice eHasturk, Alpdogan eKantarci, Thomas E. Van Dyke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00118/full