Phagocytosis of bacteria after exposure to macrophages or lymphocytes

Romano Carratelli, C.; Bentivoglio, C.; Nuzzo, I.; Bove, M.R.; Galdiero, M.; Romano Carratelli, C; Bentivoglio, C; Nuzzo, I; Bove, M.R; Galdiero, M

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Phagocytosis of bacteria after exposure to macrophages or lymphocytes

Romano Carratelli, C.; Bentivoglio, C.; Nuzzo, I.; Bove, M.R.; Galdiero, M.

Microbiologica 10(4): 417-420

1987

ISSN/ISBN: 0391-5352

PMID: 3695988

Document Number: 296838

In our present study we have examined the phagocytosis by polynucleates towards bacteria exposed to macrophages or lymphocytes. Our results show that for almost all the bacterial strains, the contact with lymphocytes determines changes in hydrophobicity correlated to variations in the possibility of being phagocytized and of more significant intracellular killing with respect to bacteria treated with macrophages.