Quantitative Differences In Phagocytosis and Degradation of Pneumocystis By Alveolar Macrophages In Aids and Non‐Hiv Patients In Vivo
Quantitative Differences In Phagocytosis and Degradation of Pneumocystis By Alveolar Macrophages In Aids and Non‐Hiv Patients In Vivo
复制标题
艾滋病和非 HIV 患者体内肺泡巨噬细胞吞噬和降解肺孢子虫的数量差异
作者:
K. Wehle
Broncholaveolar lavage (BAL) specimens (n= 213) from AIDS and non‐HIV immunosuppressed patients were investigated for the presence of Pneumocystis carinii infection by fluorescence microscopy of Papanicolaou‐stained slides. Alveolar casts, extracellular pneumocysts and phagocytosed cysts and their degradation products in pulmonary alveolar macrophages were identified. the number of phagocytosed pneumocysts within human pulmonary alveolar macrophages was recorded and correlated with the number of extracellular cysts and alveolar casts, in both groups of patients. Both phagocytic and degradation capacity were depressed in AIDS patients. This observation may explain the large number of extracellular organisms found in BAL specimens of AIDS patients compared with non‐HIV‐positive immunocompromised individuals.
DOI:
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发表时间:
1985
期刊:
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
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作者:
Murray,HW;Gellene,RA;Libby,DM;Rothermel,CD;Rubin,BY
通讯作者:
Rubin,BY