Measurement of whole blood phagocyte chemiluminescence in the Wistar rat
โ Scribed by Lojek, A. ;Ciz, M. ;Marnila, P. ;Duskova, M. ;Lilius, E.-M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Weight
- 116 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0884-3996
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โฆ Synopsis
The factors influencing the rat whole blood chemiluminescence (CL): concentrations of blood, luminol, zymosan or opsonized zymosan, volume of the reaction mixture, storage time of blood samples and the presence of anticoagulants were evaluated. The CL micromethod described provides a fast and sensitive tool for the determination of metabolic activity of phagocytes in the microlitre range of rat whole blood.
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