EFFECT OF ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH-FACTOR (AFGF) ON PHAGOCYTOSIS IN MOUSE PERITONEAL-MACROPHAGES

Authors
ICHINOSE M SAWADA M SASAKI K OOMURA Y
Citation
M. Ichinose et al., EFFECT OF ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH-FACTOR (AFGF) ON PHAGOCYTOSIS IN MOUSE PERITONEAL-MACROPHAGES, Microbiology and immunology, 42(2), 1998, pp. 139-142
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Microbiology and immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03855600
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
139 - 142
Database
ISI
SICI code
0385-5600(1998)42:2<139:EOAFG(>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The effects of acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) on phagocytosis in peritoneal macrophages from thioglycollate-elicited mice were exami ned using flow cytometry, aFGF enhanced phagocytosis of fluorescein is othiocyanate-labeled latex particles in a dose-dependent manner, Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) also enhanced phagocytosis. This stud y suggests that aFGF can modulate an important activity of macrophages .