Article
Erythromycin promotes monocyte to macrophage differentiation.
The Journal of antibiotics - 1 Jan 1994
Keicho N, Kudoh S, Yotsumoto H, Akagawa K S
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports have suggested that long-term administration of erythromycin (EM) appears to ameliorate some of chronic inflammatory processes where macrophages and lymphocytes play important roles. Our study was initiated to examine the effect of EM on monocyte-macrophage lineage in vitro. EM (1 approximately 100 micrograms/ml) significantly increased the number of adherent monocyte-derived macrophages after 7...
Topics
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte
- Antigens, Surface
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Erythromycin
- Humans
- Hydrogen Peroxide
- Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
- Macrophages
- Monocytes