Monocytes in inflammatory bowel disease: phagocytosis and intracellular killing.
The ability of peripheral blood monocytes from patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease to phagocytose and kill a standard strain of Staphyloccus aureus has been studied. Using lysostaphin, a rapidly acting muralytic enzyme, phagocytosis could be accurately differentiated from intra...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
1980
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