Effect of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from Pneumocystis carinii-infected hosts on phagocytic activity of alveolar macrophages.
AuthorsLasbury ME, Lin P, Tschang D, Durant PJ, Lee CH,
JournalInfect Immun
PubMed ID15039336
Alveolar macrophages from Pneumocystis carinii-infected rats are defective in phagocytosis. To investigate whether this defect is due to a certain factor present in P. carinii-infected lungs, alveolar macrophages from uninfected rats were incubated with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples from P. carinii-infected rats. Alveolar macrophages treated with these BAL fluid ... More