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The ability of the granulocytes and reticulum cells of the rat bone marrow to phagocytose mouse erythrocytes under the influence of opsonins was investigated. Phagocytosis of mouse erythrocytes, both untreated and treated with formaldehyde, was compared. By the use of untreated erythrocytes and uninactivated rat immune serum, moderate phagocytosis was observed, and it was weaker if inactivated serum was used. No phagocytosis was observed with rat immune serum. Conversely, if formaldehyde-treated erythrocytes and these same sera were used, much stronger phagocytosis was observed.
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Nikolov, C. Opsonins and erythrophagocytosis. Bull Exp Biol Med 84, 1609–1612 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00801693
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00801693