Macrophage Migration Inhibition Test on Experimental Candidiasis

Macrophage migration in experimental atherosclerosis.

With the object of testing the importance of macrophage transport of lipid in the production of atheromas, a radioisotope was employed in labeling reticuloendothelial cells. Rabbits were injected with this isotope, and lipernia induced by cholesterol feeding. SuLsequently the animals were sacrificed and the distribution of the label determined. High concentrations of the label were found in Kup...

Inhibition of macrophage migration by muramyl peptides.

In the capillary tube migration system a synthetic muramyl dipeptide (MDP; N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutamine), a part of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycans, inhibited the migration of peritoneal exudate macrophages from normal guinea pigs or rats. The migration inhibition was also caused by some MDP-containing peptidoglycan fragments from cell walls of Lactobacillus plantarum and Staphylo...

The Kmif (Kveim-induced macrophage migration inhibition factor) test in sarcoidosis.

Circulating lymphocytes from 30 patients with sarcoidosis when stimulated in vitro with Kveim-induced macrophage migration factor, the Kmif test, produced a guinea-pig macrophage migration inhibition factor in 21 of 30 cases (70%). In those patients not on steroids the results showed a good correlation with the cutaneous Kveim test. One positive test was found in 16 normal subjects. Our results...

The behavior of leprous lymphocytes and macrophages in the macrophage migration-inhibition test.

Early prediction of acute rejection after inbred rat kidney transplantation using macrophage migration inhibition test.

In order to formulate an early diagnostic method for acute rejection after kidney transplantation, macrophage migration inhibition test (MIT) was carried out with lapse of time after inbred rat kidney allotransplantation. The mean survival time of rat kidney allograft was found to be 7.07 +/- 1.34 days. On the other hand, in the group treated with rabbit anti-rat lymphocyte serum (ALS) the mean...