the function of the six major components of pulmonary antimicrobial defense mechanisms -- including aerodynamic filtration , secretory respiratory tract fluid , fluid transport at the alveolar and bronchial levels , the phagocytic function of alveolar macrophages , the augmenting mechanisms of blood-derived inflammatory cells , and the secretory and cellular-specific immune mechanisms and their mediator products -- can all be quantified by this experimental animal model system .
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secretory
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