Pulmonary macrophages are key to elimination of respiratory pathogens. Oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction are associated with defective macrophage phagocytosis in COPD, with implications for aberrant cellular metabolism and early cell death.http://bit.ly/2m2uA0z
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