Single pre-exposure to a high dose of zymosan enhances lung defense mechanisms and accelerates the pulmonary clearance of a bacterial pathogen in rats.

Young, Shih-Houng

Single pre-exposure to a high dose of zymosan enhances lung defense mechanisms and accelerates the pulmonary clearance of a bacterial pathogen in rats. [electronic resource] - Experimental lung research Nov 2008 - 559-78 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article

1521-0499

10.1080/01902140802372426 doi


Animals
Bacterial Infections--drug therapy
Immunity--drug effects
Lung--immunology
Macrophage Activation--drug effects
Macrophages, Alveolar--drug effects
Rats
T-Lymphocytes--immunology
Zymosan--administration & dosage