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6/14/2019 - Medical Grand Rounds: Understanding Aging Through the Prism of Alveolar Macrophages

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INTRODUCTION

Credit Hours: CME 1.00

Target Audience:

Faculty, residents, fellows, and community physicians in General Internal Medicine and subspecialties.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the differences in macrophage populations as a function of their ontogeny.
  • Describe the role of the microenvironment in shaping macrophage phenotypes during aging.
  • Identify the multifunctional nature of macrophages over the course of lung injury and fibrosis.
  • Learn to use new technologies to generate hypotheses about macrophage function in the human lung.

Suggested Additional Reading:

  1. Vaughan et al. Sci Adv 2018.
  2. Kalhan AJRCCM 2018
  3. Sala et al. Resp Res 2018
  4. Moffitt et al. Science 2018
  5. Kim et al. J of Virology 2008

Authors:
GR Scott Budinger, MD — Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases, Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
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