Isolation and functional characterization of mononuclear phagocytes from human lepromatous lesions

In the present study, inflammatory cells from human lepromatous lesions were isolated by enzymatic dissociation of tissue. They were maintained in culture up to five days and their morphologic, cythochemicaland functional characteristics were described.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Elizabeth Pereira Sampaio, André Luís Moreira, Fátima de Barros Fonseca Alvarenga
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1987
Subjects:
Macrófago
Dissociação enzimática
Hanseníase
Células inflamatórias
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821987000400004
https://doaj.org/article/51b552cb87e64f2d83f635a32171362f
Description
Summary:In the present study, inflammatory cells from human lepromatous lesions were isolated by enzymatic dissociation of tissue. They were maintained in culture up to five days and their morphologic, cythochemicaland functional characteristics were described.

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