CONTROL OF GRANULOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES - MOLECULAR, CELLULAR, AND CLINICAL ASPECTS

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METCALF, D
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[1] Department of Cancer Biology, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Melbourne Hospital
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10.1126/science.1948028
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The production and functional activity of two important white blood cells, the granulocytes and macrophages, are regulated mainly by a group of glycoprotein colony-stimulating factors. The colony-stimulating factors have been mass-produced with recombinant technology and are now proving of value in preventing or suppressing infections in a variety of individuals with subnormal or defective formation of blood cells.
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