Adherence and morphology of guinea pig alveolar macrophages: effect of N-formyl methionyl peptides.
N-Formyl methionyl phenylalanine increased alveolar macrophage adherence and diameter and induced morphological changes associated with activation. N-Formyl methionyl phenylalanine may be useful in understanding macrophage activation and bacteriolytic function.
D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D004151:Dipeptides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D008264:Macrophages / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008715:Methionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D009239:N-Formylmethionine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology
D004151:Dipeptides; C017330:N-formylmethionylphenylalanine; D009239:N-Formylmethionine; D008715:Methionine