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Phagocytes are
cells that
protect the body by
ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or
dying cells.
Their name
comes from the Gr**** phagein...
- In immunology, the
mononuclear phagocyte system or
mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS) also
known as the
macrophage system is a part of the
immune system...
- one type of endocytosis. A cell that
performs phagocytosis is
called a
phagocyte. In a
multicellular organism's
immune system,
phagocytosis is a major...
- cytotoxicity.
Vacuolization may be
present in a cell that has
recently phagocytized foreign matter.
Monocytes can
migrate into
tissues and
replenish resident...
- a
vesicle formed around a
particle engulfed by a
phagocyte via phagocytosis.
Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and
dendritic cells...
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Neutrophils are a type of
phagocytic white blood cell and part of
innate immunity. More specifically, they form the most
abundant type of granulocytes...
- macrophages, microglia, and others), but all are part of the
mononuclear phagocyte system.
Besides phagocytosis, they play a
critical role in nonspecific...
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Phagocyte bactericidal dysfunction refers to a
class of
medical conditions where phagocytes have a
diminished ability to
fight bacterial infection. Examples...
- receptors,
cause local vasodilation of the
blood vessels, and
attract phagocytes,
especially neutrophils.
Neutrophils then
trigger other parts of the immune...
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production of antibodies. Rather, cell-mediated
immunity is the
activation of
phagocytes, antigen-specific
cytotoxic T-lymphocytes, and the
release of various...
