Mv. Zvereva et al., STIMULATION OF PERITONEAL MACROPHAGE ACTIVITY IN RATS WITH EXPERIMENTAL PERITONITIS DURING TRANSFUSION OF UV-IRRADIATED BLOOD, Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine, 117(2), 1994, pp. 139-141
Three transfusions of blood irradiated at 254 nm induce an increase of
phagocytic activity of peritoneal macrophages in rats with peritoniti
s in comparison with infusion of intact blood. Addition of aspirin, an
inhibitor of enzymatic peroxidation of lipids, to the irradiated port
ion of the blood before irradiation abolishes this stimulating effect.