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. 1979 Jan 15;35(1):119-20.
doi: 10.1007/BF01917915.

Effect of insulin on immunological phagocytosis by macrophages

A O Lima, M Queiroz, H M Bräscher, J Vargens

Effect of insulin on immunological phagocytosis by macrophages

A O Lima et al. Experientia. .

Abstract

It was shown that, in physiological concentrations, insulin enhances, in vitro, the immunological phagocytosis of sensitized sheep erythrocytes by cultured mouse peritoneal macrophages. Insulin seems to stimulate macrophage phagocytosis as a cholinomimetic agonist by increasing the intracellular levels of cyclic GMP.

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