Reptilian melanomacrophages function under conditions of hypothermia: Observations on phagocytic behavior

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 376-382

  Johnson, James C ^a   Schwiesow, Tyler ^b   Ekwall, Alicia K ^b   Christiansen, James L ^b  

^a DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Kupffer cell; Macrophage; Melanin; Pigment cell; Turtle immune system

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN; MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; HELMINTH; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MACROPHAGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; HELMINTHS; HEMOSIDERIN; HIBERNATION; HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; MELANINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TEMPERATURE; TURTLES;

EID: 0033253107     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1999.tb00521.x     Document Type: Article

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