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INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF PLASMA FROM URAEMIC PATIENTS ON HUMAN MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTES CULTURED IN VITRO
Author(s) -
JØrstad S.,
Viken K. E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section c immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-1328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1977.tb03627.x
Subject(s) - in vitro , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , human plasma , candida albicans , chemistry , phagocytosis , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , medicine , biology , biochemistry , chromatography
Human mononuclear phagocytes were cultured in plasma from uraemic patients. The presence of uraemic plasma during the engulfment or digestion of 125 I‐labelled Candida albicans did not inhibit these functions in mononuclear phagocytes cultured for 8 days under normal conditions. When normal human macrophages were cultured in the presence of uraemic plasma for 2–4 days, a marked detachment of the cells from the glass coverslips was registered. The phagocytic function of the remaining cells was impaired. Creatinine, urea and methylguanidine in concentrations higher than those usually measured in plasma from uraemic patients did not influence the functional properties of the cells. The inhibitory effect of uraemic plasma on the mononuclear phagocytes is suggested as an explanation for the increased frequency of infections in uraemic patients.