Article
Evaluation of the role of Fc gamma and complement receptors in the decreased phagocytosis of hereditary haemochromatosis patients.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Oct 1997
Moura E, Verheul A F, Marx J J
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) monocytes have a decreased antibody mediated phagocytosis of rabbit erythrocytes and Staphylococcus aureus compared to control monocytes. In order to investigate whether this decrease could be attributed to a different level of expression of Fc gamma receptors (Fc...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Animals
- Cell Membrane
- Erythrocytes
- Female
- HLA Antigens
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemochromatosis Protein
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class I
- Humans
