Anti-lipopolysaccharide egg yolk antibodies enhance the phagocytosis of mammalian phagocytes

Macrophages play crucial roles in combatting infectious diseases by promoting inflammation and phagocytosis. The decline of macrophage phagocytic function will bring many serious consequences, including weakened pathogen clearance. As an avian antibody, immunoglobulin Y (IgY) has been widely used in...

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Main Authors: Xin Zhou, Siyuan Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2018-06-01
Series:Biology Open
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Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/7/6/bio032821