Antibodies directed to antigens secreted by murine epithelioid macrophages modulate BCG-induced granulomata

• Main Authors: Mario Mariano (Author), Tania Aguiar (Author), Celia R. W. Carneiro (Author), Edilberto Postol (Author), Venânclo A. F. Alves (Author), Ricardo Ribeiro- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The authors have previously shown that epithelioid cells isolated from mice secrete a factor, called macrophage deactivating factor (MDF), that promptly deactivates superoxide release by activated macrophages and neutrophils. In this paper some biological properties of a polyclonal rat antiserum dir...