INTRAVASCULAR PHAGOCYTOSIS IN INFLUENZA.

Chronic biliary obstruction induces pulmonary intravascular phagocytosis and endotoxin sensitivity in rats.

Endotoxin sensitivity varies among animal species and appears to correlate with the presence of pulmonary intravascular macrophage (PIM). In rats, which lack PIM, we investigated the hypothesis that chronic cholestatic liver injury leads to induction of PIM and endotoxin sensitivity. Rats were randomized to either common bile duct ligation (BDL) or sham-surgery and studied at 1 wk (acute choles...

Neutrophils and Macrophages in Mice Virus-Infected, Apoptotic Cells by Evidence for Phagocytosis of Influenza

Evidence for phagocytosis of influenza virus-infected, apoptotic cells by neutrophils and macrophages in mice.

Influenza virus-infected cells undergo apoptosis and become susceptible to phagocytosis by macrophages in vitro, and this leads to the propagation of the virus being inhibited. We previously showed that inhibitors of phagocytosis increased the rate of mortality among influenza virus-infected mice. However, the mode of the phagocytosis of influenza virus-infected cells in vivo has not been inves...

Phagocytosis

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Subacute Inflammatory Arthritis Following Intravascular Coagulation Syndrome

Un nourisson de six mois a ete hospitalise dans le .,ervice de pediatrie du C.H.U. de Logmandolhe-Adham pour: deshydratation, etat septique, acidose metabolique, troubles circulatoires des membres avec gangrene de la main droite.  Le syndrome de la coagulation intra-vasculaire disse­minee (CID) a ete rapidernent confirme par l'etude de la erase sanguine. Soumis a un traitement par: solutes 6le...