Figure 6.

Increase in macrophage phagocytotic activity by MeshimaMax. (a) Engulfment of yeast by macrophages in the presence (10 µg/mL)/absence (control) of MeshimaMax at 12 h after adding yeast to macrophages, arrows indicate the yeast engulfed by macrophages. In control macrophages without MeshimaMax treatment, less yeast was internalized into macrophages and more yeast stayed outside macrophages, whereas after MeshimaMax treatment, much more yeast was taken up by macrophages. (b) Phagocytosis rate of macrophages as calculated from the results shown in (a). See text for details.