Comparison of the rate of phagocytosis of orthorhombic cyclosporine A (CsA) and latex particles by alveolar macrophages from hamsters

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 689-696

  Maye, I ^a   De Fraissinette, A ^b   Cruz Orive, L M ^c   Vonderscher, J ^b   Richter, F ^b   Gehr, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine A particles; Latex particles; Morphometry; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; LATEX; SDZ OXL 400; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; CYCLOSPORINE; KINETICS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSPHERES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; VACUOLES;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE;

EID: 0030665713     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050089     Document Type: Article

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