SALIVARY EFFECTS ON POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE FUNCTIONS

Authors
FUMARULO R GIORDANO D LAFORGIA A LAROCCA A QUARTO M
Citation
R. Fumarulo et al., SALIVARY EFFECTS ON POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTE FUNCTIONS, Oral microbiology and immunology, 8(2), 1993, pp. 125-127
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Microbiology
Journal title
Oral microbiology and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09020055
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
125 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0902-0055(1993)8:2<125:SEOPLF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Respiratory burst, enzymatic degranulation and bacterial killing were investigated on peripheral blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes (polymor phonuclear leukocytes) incubated with a pool of salivary fluids elicit ed from healthy donors. Low saliva concentrations primed polymorphonuc lear leukocytes for enhancement of O2 consumption, O2- and beta-glucur onidase release and Staphylococcus aureus killing. Whole saliva, on th e contrary, depressed all tested phagocytic activities.