Are resident pleural macrophages key orchestrators of neutrophil recruitment in pleural inflammation?
These studies indicate a critical role for resident pleural macrophages in sensing perturbation to the local microenvironment and orchestrating subsequent neutrophil infiltration.
In patients with CF-PS who have normal fecal elastase-1 concentration, the measurement of basal or secretin-stimulated lipase levels might be helpful in identifying the progression of the destructive process in the pancreas.