Definition of phagocytosis. Meaning of phagocytosis. Synonyms of phagocytosis

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- 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...
- Antibody opsonization is a process by which a pathogen is marked for phagocytosis. Given normal inflammatory cir****stances, microbial pathogen-****ociated...
- damage to the host during inflammation. Neutrophils will be removed after phagocytosis of pathogens by macrophages. PECAM-1 and phosphatidylserine on the cell...
- among others, recognize pathogens for phagocytosis. Macrophages can also recognize pathogens for phagocytosis indirectly through opsonins, which are...
- phagosome is a vesicle formed around a particle engulfed by a phagocyte via phagocytosis. Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and dendritic...
- his case macrophages) eat cell that the role of phagocytosis in immunity was realised. Phagocytosis was first observed as a process by which unicellular...
- that specialise in phagocytosis, i.e. cellular eating). Different types of things ("targets") can be tagged by opsonins for phagocytosis, including: pathogens...
- (cell drinking) and phagocytosis (cell eating). It is a form of active transport. The term was proposed by De Duve in 1963. Phagocytosis was discovered by...
- is still a continuous non-triggered event, unlike phagocytosis, which is explained below. Phagocytosis, also known as cell eating, is the absorption of...