title: [Photometric detection of erythrocyte phagocytosis in the monocyte-macrophage assay].
abstract: The relative rate of red blood cell (RBC) in vitro phagocytosis by monocytes was measured photometrically by the diaminobenzidinehemoglobin reaction. Our results demonstrate, that the in vitro monocyte-macrophage assay (MMA) allows a specific and sensitive estimation of low RBC-phagocytosis rates. Therefore, the MMA is a useful tool for further characterisation of antibody-monocyte interaction and is of clinical importance in blood group antibody analysis.
authors.affiliation: Abt. f. Transfusionsmedizin u. Transplantationsimmunologie, Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sibroswki
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Cassens
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kühnl
mesh_terms: D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000276:immunology*; D010783:Photometry
chemical_list: D007518:Isoantibodies
vernacular_title: Photometrischer Nachweis der Erythrozyten-Phagozytose im Monozyten-Makrophagen-Assay (MMA).