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AM exhibited a pronounced microbicidal capacity as shown by an elevated production of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI), nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-\u03b1, and tumor cytotoxicity when compared with IM. In contrast, IM were superior to AM regarding mechanisms mainly involved in the induction and maintenance of specific immune reactions (major histocompatibility complex [MHC] class II expression, interleukin [IL]-1 and IL-6). In this line, we were interested in whether the microbicidal potential of AM could be augmented by treating Lewis rats with rat recombinant interferon (IFN)-\u03b3 (5 \u00d7 102 to 1 \u00d7 105 U\/animal) intratracheally, avoiding infection of interstitial lung macrophages or other organ-associated macrophages. The pulmonary cytokine application resulted in an activation of AM when macrophages from IFN-treated animals were compared with control macrophages from saline-treated rats 18 h after the treatment: (1) mediator release (ROI, NO, TNF-\u03b1, IL-6), (2) tumoricidal activity; (3) dose-dependent increase of MHC class II expression. The local immunomodulation enhanced the resistance of normal and immunosuppressed rats against respiratory infections with Listeria monocytogenes. 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