Open AccessAdherence and morphology of guinea pig alveolar macrophages: effect of N-formyl methionyl peptides
Author(s) -
Milton D. Rossman,
Angelica Cassizzi,
Ronald P. Daniele
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
infection and immunity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.508
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1070-6313
pISSN - 0019-9567
DOI - 10.1128/iai.29.3.1185-1189.1980
Subject(s) - biology , guinea pig , morphology (biology) , new guinea , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , zoology , endocrinology , ethnology , history
N-Formyl methionyl phenylalanine increased alveolar macrophage adherence and diameter and induced morphological changes associated with activation. N-Formyl methionyl phenylalanine may be useful in understanding macrophage activation and bacteriolytic function.