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Phagocytosis of L. major promastigotes by leptin-treated macrophages. Resident peritoneal macrophages from C57BL/6 or C3H/HeJ mice were infected with promastigotes for 1 hr or 18 hr in the presence of leptin (░⃞), endotoxin (□), or medium alone (▪). The number of parasites associated with the cells were counted in Giemsa-stained preparations.
