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| - In response to antigenic insults, AECs participate in host defense mechanisms by producing cytokines and chemokines, such as interleukin 6 (IL-6), IL-8, IL-1??, RANTES, MIP-1??, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) (1, 8, 21, 26, 44, 47, 48).
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