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Macrophage interactions with neutrophils regulate Leishmania major infection.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Apr 2004
Ribeiro-Gomes Flávia L, Otero Ana C, Gomes Nitza A, Moniz-De-Souza Maria Carolina A, Cysne-Finkelstein Lea, Arnholdt Andrea C, Calich Vera L, Coutinho Sergio G, Lopes Marcela F, DosReis George A
Abstract excerpt
Macrophages are host cells for the pathogenic parasite Leishmania major. Neutrophils die and are ingested by macrophages in the tissues. We investigated the role of macrophage interactions with inflammatory neutrophils in control of L. major infection. Coculture of dead exudate neutrophils exacerbated parasite growth in infected macrophages from susceptible BALB, but killed intracellular L. major in resistant B6...
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