Hyaluronic acid enhances phagocytosis of human monocytesin vitro
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- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Clinical Immunology
- Vol. 4 (3) , 246-249
Abstract
Pretreatment of human blood monocytes with hyaluronic acid for 0.5 hr enhanced significantly their ingestionin vitro of yeast particles opsonized with complement. The enhancement of the phagocytic capacity was dose dependent and maximal in the range of 25–50 µg/ml.Keywords
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