- endocytosis. A cell that
performs phagocytosis is
called a phagocyte. In a
multicellular organism's
immune system,
phagocytosis is a
major mechanism used to...
- "professional" or "non-professional"
depending on how
effective they are at
phagocytosis. The
professional phagocytes include many
types of
white blood cells...
- his case macrophages) eat cell that the role of
phagocytosis in
immunity was realised.
Phagocytosis was
first observed as a
process by
which unicellular...
-
among others,
recognize pathogens for
phagocytosis.
Macrophages can also
recognize pathogens for
phagocytosis indirectly through opsonins,
which are...
-
damage to the host
during inflammation.
Neutrophils will be
removed after phagocytosis of
pathogens by macrophages. PECAM-1 and
phosphatidylserine on the cell...
-
Antibody opsonization is a
process by
which a
pathogen is
marked for
phagocytosis through coating of a
target cell with antibodies.
Immunoglobulins parti****te...
- that
specialise in
phagocytosis, i.e.
cellular eating).
Different types of
things ("targets") can be
tagged by
opsonins for
phagocytosis, including: pathogens...
-
phagosome is a
vesicle formed around a
particle engulfed by a
phagocyte via
phagocytosis.
Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and dendritic...
-
cytotoxic cells to
destroy microbes, or
infected cells by antibody-mediated
phagocytosis or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Some
viruses such as...
-
system with
which you were born, made up of
phagocytes and barriers.
Phagocytosis,
derived from the Gr****
words phagein,
meaning to eat,
kytos or cell...
