title: A chromium release assay for phagocytic killing of Candida albicans.
abstract: Intracellular killing of Candida albicans was measured by a chromium release technique. Appropriate conditons were equal numbers of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) and 51Chromium labelled C. albicans (10 6/ml), fresh plasma at a final concentration of 2.5%, incubated at 37degreesC for 60 min. Using normal PMNs, 35-71% of releasable chromium was liberated into the supernatant under these conditions. This assay is easy to perform, requires a small amount of blood and offers and objective measurement of intracellular killing of C. albicans.
mesh_terms: D002176:Candida albicans / Q000276:immunology*; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes