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It is shown that ganglioside GM1 in picomolar concentrations stimulate
s the phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA)-induced generation of acti
ve forms of oxygen by neutrophils and peritoneal macrophages. GM1 (10(
-11) M) is found to enhance the luminol-dependent chemiluminescence in
duced by 10(-8) M PMA in mouse macrophages in comparison with the effe
ct of PMA alone.