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Metabolic Characterization of Polarized M1 and M2 Bone Marrow-derived Macrophages Using Real-time Extracellular Flux Analysis
Published on: November 28, 2015
Christiaan Neethling Barnard, M.D., M.MED., M.S., Ph.D
1School of Medicine, Ford Foundation, University of Louisville, Abell Administration Building, 323 East Chestnut Street, Louisville, KY 40202-3866, USA. edward.halperin@louisville.edu
The American Surgeon
|December 10, 2008
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