- for his discovery.
Phagocytes occur in many species; some
amoebae behave like
macrophage phagocytes,
which suggests that
phagocytes appeared early in the...
- In immunology, the
mononuclear phagocyte system or
mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS) also
known as the
macrophage system is a part of the
immune system...
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perform it as part of
their main function.
These are
called 'professional
phagocytes.'
Phagocytosis is old in
evolutionary terms,
being present even in invertebrates...
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extracellular proteins that, when
bound to
substances or cells,
induce phagocytes to
phagocytose the
substances or
cells with the
opsonins bound. Thus,...
- a
vesicle formed around a
particle engulfed by a
phagocyte via phagocytosis.
Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and
dendritic cells...
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strengthened the neutrophils'
phagocytic capacity to
engulf bacteria. It was
concluded that the function, and not the number, of
phagocytes in
engulfing bacteria...
-
production of antibodies. Rather, cell-mediated
immunity is the
activation of
phagocytes, antigen-specific
cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, and the
release of various...
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binding region),
their Fc
regions point outwards, in
direct reach of
phagocytes.
Phagocytes bind
those Fc
regions with
their Fc receptors. Many low affinity...
- of the pinealocytes.
Perivascular phagocyte Many
capillaries are
present in the gland, and
perivascular phagocytes are
located close to
these blood vessels...
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encourage phagocytes to eat
these cells,
thereby acting as self-opsonins. Eat-me signals, or the
opsonins that bind them, are
recognised by
phagocytic receptors...
