title: Phagocytic activity of rabbit pulmonary macrophages at different temperatures.
abstract: Phagocytic activity of pulmonary macrophages (PM) in contact with latex particles was studied in a group of twelve adult male rabbits, by means of in vitro phagocytosis tests at 35, 37, 39 and 41 degrees C. The phagocytic index at 35 degrees C was 14.70 (sigma = 4.5); at 37 degrees C, 19.61 (sigma = 4.7); at 39 degrees C, 22.45 (sigma = 5.1), and at 41 degrees C, 25.02 (sigma = 5.4). The value of the correlation coefficient between phagocytic index and temperature was r = 0.6022. The previous results allowed to conclude that there is lineal and direct relationship increase between phagocytic indexes and temperature.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007840:Latex; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008863:Microspheres; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011817:Rabbits; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D007840:Latex