Phagocytic uptake of polystyrene microspheres by alveolar macrophages: Effects of the size and surface properties of the microspheres

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Makino, Kimiko ^a   Yamamoto, Nobuko ^a   Higuchi, Kazue ^b   Harada, Nobuyuki ^b   Ohshima, Hiroyuki ^a   Terada, Hiroshi ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF TUBERCULOSIS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolar macrophage; Charge; Phagocytic; Size; Softness

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CHEMILUMINESCENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; IONIC STRENGTH; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MICROSPHERES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AMINE; CARBOXYL GROUP; HYDROXYL GROUP; LUMINOL; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0037210280     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7765(02)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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