The role of alveolar macrophages in Influenza A infection

Macrophages are innate immune cells that function as the first line defense against microorganisms. My project aims to generate transgenic models by which I can ablate macrophages in vivo in order to study their contribution in different experimental situations. In particular, I am harnessing Influe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christina Purnama
Other Authors: Klaus Erik Karjalainen
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/53722