title: Acceleration of phagocytosis in human neutrophils incubated with gabexate mesilate.
abstract: It has recently been shown that gabexate mesilate inhibited human neutrophil functions including chemotaxis and reactive oxygen species production. In the present study, the effects of gabexate mesilate on phagocytosis by human neutrophils in vitro were investigated. Gabexate mesilate significantly enhanced neutrophil phagocytosis in a dose-dependent manner. This characteristic of gabexate mesilate may facilitate protection against infecting micro-organisms, although the inhibition of reactive oxygen species production by neutrophils may be a disadvantage for host-defense against infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Kobe University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maekawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishina
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niwa
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016670:Gabexate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D016670:Gabexate