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Candidacidal activity of macrophages from immunocompetent and congenitally immunodeficient mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1994
Vazquez-Torres A, Jones-Carson J, Balish E
Abstract excerpt
The chemotactic, phagocytic, and candidacidal activities of peritoneal exudate macrophages from immunocompetent heterozygous (bg/+) and immunodeficient homozygous (bg/bg, bg/bg-nu/+, and bg/bg-nu/nu) beige mice were assessed. Overall, macrophages from all strains of mice tested not only were able to migrate into the peritoneal cavity in response to several eliciting agents but showed a comparable capacity to...
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