BONE MARROW NUTRITION IN RELATION TO THE PHAGOCYTIC ACTIVITY OF BLOOD GRANULOCYTES

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1 February 1949

journal article
research article
Published by American Society of Hematology in Blood

Vol. 4 (2) , 150-159
https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v4.2.150.150

Abstract

Deficiency of any of the B-vitamins (except inositol or p-aminobenzoic acid), vitamin C, or of protein, leads to a reduction in phagocytic activity of the blood granulocytes in exptl. animals. This effect of a faulty diet, or of a restoration to normal after a period of malnutrition, alters the phagocytic activity of circulating granulocytes only after a lag of 2 or 3 wks., thus leading to the conclusion that these cells are susceptible to nutritional faults only during their early formative period in the marrow tissue.

Keywords

BONES/MARROW

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