Effect of the pretreatment of apoptotic eosinophils with sugar solutions on their uptake by (□) resting or (▩) IL-1–stimulated SAEC (10⁻¹⁰ mol/L for 20 hours). Washed aged eosinophils were resuspended in Hank’s balanced salt solution (HBSS) containing the sugars indicated at a final concentration of 25 mmol/L before use in the interaction assay. Each point represents the mean ± SEM of 4 experiments (*P < .05, **P < .001).