Open AccessIs the conventional doctrine about macrophage activation still true?
Author(s) -
Furth R.,
Dissel J.T.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb02395.x
Subject(s) - macrophage , organism , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , genetics , in vitro
The present results challenge the view that macrophage activation leads to a general, non‐specific increase of microbicidal activity of these cells. Instead, it was found that the interactions between activated macrophages and micro‐organisms are dependent on the kind of activation and the type of target micro‐organism.