PHAGOCYTOSIS OF AUTOLOGOUS AND HETEROLOGOUS ERYTHROCYTES BY RAT AND GUINEA-PIG MACROPHAGES

  • 1 January 1975
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. C126  (2) , 137-142
Abstract
Rat and guinea pig peritoneal macrophages were compared in their ability to phagocytose guinea pig, rat and sheep red cells. The ability of the phagocytes to ingest autologous red cells does not seem to be drastically reduced when compared to their ability to ingest alien cells.