Research Article

Early Production of the Neutrophil-Derived Lipid Mediators LTB4 and LXA4 Is Modulated by Intracellular Infection with Leishmania major

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Infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum leads to an enhanced release of . Primary human neutrophil granulocytes were coincubated with cell-free A. phagocytophilum for 300 min and extracellular bacteria were removed by washing. (a) Immunocytochemical staining of coincubated PMN reveals the presence of intracellular bacteria (arrows). (b) A. phagocytophilum-infected and noninfected neutrophils were treated with ionomycin (0.2 μM, 10 min). LTB4 content of the supernatants was measured by ELISA. , n.d.: not detectable, and .
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