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. 1960 Aug 1;112(2):403-17.
doi: 10.1084/jem.112.2.403.

In vitro studies on the interaction between mouse peritoneal macrophages and strains of Salmonella and Escherichia coli

C JENKIN, B BENACERRAF

In vitro studies on the interaction between mouse peritoneal macrophages and strains of Salmonella and Escherichia coli

C JENKIN et al. J Exp Med. .

Abstract

Virulent strains of Salmonella opsonized with normal mouse plasma are never phagocytosed as well as avirulent strains. The virulent strains of Salmonella phagocytosed after opsonization with normal mouse plasma are able to multiply within normal mouse peritoneal macrophages, whereas under similar experimental conditions the avirulent strains are killed. When virulent strains of Salmonella are opsonized with specific antiserum or plasma from BCG-infected mice, they are treated by normal mouse macrophages as if they were avirulent. Virulent bacteria opsonized with BCG plasma are phagocytosed and killed better by peritoneal macrophages from BCG-infected mice, than peritoneal macrophages from normal mice.

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