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PHAGOCYTOSIS of invading micro-organisms has long been known to play a major part in the defence of the mammalian organism against infectious disease. In view of the widespread use and potent pharmacological activity of the tranquillizing drugs, it is not surprising that administration of such compounds has occasionally been associated with alterations in normal resistance to infection1,2, and that such altered clinical responses have been linked to changes in the phagocytic activity of the reticulo-endothelial system3.
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GREENBERG, L., INGALLS, J. Influence of Tranquillizing Drugs on Phagocytosis in vivo . Nature 188, 588 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188588a0
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