title: Effect of pretreatment with prednisolone on the phagocytic activity of mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro.
abstract: The phagocytic activity on in vitro cultured mouse peritoneal macrophages derived from animals treated with 6-alpha-methyl-prednisolone was examined. The statistical evaluation of results showed an increase of phagocytic activity of macrophages derived from treated animals in comparison with controls.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015054:Zymosan
chemical_list: D015054:Zymosan; D008775:Methylprednisolone