Macrophage antimicrobial functions in a chicken MHC chromosome dosage model.

doi:10.1002/jlb.52.3.307

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Macrophage antimicrobial functions in a chicken MHC chromosome dosage model.

Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Sept 1992

Lin H K, Bloom S E, Dietert R R

Abstract excerpt

Macrophages respond to certain inflammatory signals with a marked increase in respiratory burst and the production of reactive oxygen intermediates; these metabolites play an essential role in the destruction of invading microorganisms. In this study, macrophage antibacterial inflammatory respons...

Topics

Aneuploidy
Animals
Chickens
Genotype
Hydrogen Peroxide
Macrophages
Major Histocompatibility Complex
Peritoneal Cavity
Phagocytosis
Salmonella enteritidis
Superoxides
Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
Trisomy

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