Digitalis inhibits and furosemide does not change the in vitro phagocytic function of neutrophils of healthy subjects

• Published in: International immunopharmacology Vol. 3; no. 10; pp. 1439 - 1445
• Main Authors: Muniz-Junqueira, Maria Imaculada, Mota, Lı́cia Maria, Aires, Rodrigo Barbosa, Junqueira, Luiz Fernando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.10.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Analysis; Biological and medical sciences; Digitalis; Digitalis Glycosides - pharmacology; Female; Furosemide; Furosemide - pharmacology; General pharmacology; Heart failure; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neutrophils; Neutrophils - drug effects; Neutrophils - immunology; Neutrophils - physiology; Phagocytosis; Phagocytosis - drug effects; Phagocytosis - immunology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Saccharomyces cerevisiae - immunology; Heart failure; Digitalis; Furosemide; Phagocytosis; Neutrophils; Sulfanilamide derivatives; Cell function; Sulfonamide; Healthy subject; Cardiovascular disease; In vitro; Heart disease; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Scrophulariaceae; Anthranilic acid derivatives; Spermatophyta; Neutrophil

This work evaluated the in vitro influence of digitalis and furosemide on the phagocytic function of neutrophils of healthy individuals. Phagocytosis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by peripheral blood neutrophils of 20 healthy individuals was assessed in the absence or presence of deslanoside or furose...