id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-331555-yqhzyqs3 Umemoto, Eric Y. Rapid changes in shape and number of MHC class II expressing cells in rat airways after Mycoplasma pulmonis infection 2003-03-04 .txt text/plain 4284 204 43 title: Rapid changes in shape and number of MHC class II expressing cells in rat airways after Mycoplasma pulmonis infection We sought to determine the effect of this infection on the shape and number of dendritic cells and other major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II expressing cells in the airway mucosa of Wistar rats. pulmonis infection as a model of chronic inflammation to determine the time course of changes in shape, number, and distribution of MHC class II expressing cells in the airway mucosa, with a focus on the region beneath the airway epithelium where M. In pathogen-free rats, a network of MHC class II expressing cells, identified by their OX6 immunoreactivity, occupied a thin layer just beneath the epithelium of the tracheal mucosa (Fig. 1A) . pulmonis infection resulted in conspicuous changes in the shape, number, and distribution of MHC class II expressing cells in the tracheal mucosa. ./cache/cord-331555-yqhzyqs3.txt ./txt/cord-331555-yqhzyqs3.txt