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. 2003 Dec;71(12):6978–6985. doi: 10.1128/IAI.71.12.6978-6985.2003

TABLE 3.

Phagocytosis analysis of neutrophils after casein induction

Strain Phagocytosis results
Proportion (%) of neutrophils % of neutrophils with ingested particles at injected zymosan concn (mg) of:
0.5 1.0 1.5
BALB/c 54 33 ± 2.2 47 ± 5.7 88 ± 4.3
γ-KO 56 21 ± 2.6a 41 ± 5.6 51 ± 6.2a
5-KO 52 20 ± 3.3a 49 ± 7.1 57 ± 9.5a
γ/5-KO 51 0.8 ± 1.5a,b 28 ± 4.6a,b 53 ± 4.5a
a

Significantly different from results for BALB/c control mice (P < 0.05).

b

Significantly different from results for γ-KO and 5-KO mice (P < 0.05).