Phagocytes are cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. Their name comes from the Greek phagein...
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Phagocytosis (redirect from Phagocytic)
one type of endocytosis. A cell that performs phagocytosis is called a phagocyte. In a multicellular organism's immune system, phagocytosis is a major...
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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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Monocyte (redirect from Mononuclear phagocyte)
cytotoxicity. Vacuolization may be present in a cell that has recently phagocytized foreign matter. Monocytes can migrate into tissues and replenish resident...
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Phagosome (redirect from Phagocytic vacuole)
a vesicle formed around a particle engulfed by a phagocyte via phagocytosis. Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and dendritic cells...
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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,...
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system (abbreviated RES), often associated nowadays with the mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS), was employed by the beginning of the 20th century to denote...
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immune effector cells, ultimately accelerating microbial clearance through phagocytic destruction or antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Antibody-mediated...
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Histiocyte (category Mononuclear phagocytes)
the mononuclear phagocyte system (also known as the reticuloendothelial system or lymphoreticular system). The mononuclear phagocytic system is part of...
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Chronic granulomatous disease (category Congenital defects of phagocyte number, function, or both)
oxygen compounds (most importantly the superoxide radical due to defective phagocyte NADPH oxidase) used to kill certain ingested pathogens. This leads to...
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