| Literature DB >> 789108 |
M E Feigenson, M Baggiolini, H P Schnebli.
Abstract
Rabbit polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) were capped with territin-conjugated concanavalin A or ricin, and then allowed to phagocytose yeast cells. Phagocytic activity and lectin distribution were determined by ultrastructural morphometry. Capped PMNs were found to phagocytose as efficiently as control PMNs, and always to ingest the particles with a lectin-free portion of their plasma membrane. This clearly indicates that concanavalin A- and ricin-binding sites of the PMN membrane are not involved in the recognition and phagocytosis of yeast particles.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 789108 DOI: 10.1007/bf01953084
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Experientia ISSN: 0014-4754