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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...
- one type of endocytosis. A cell that
performs phagocytosis is
called a
phagocyte. In a
multicellular organism's
immune system,
phagocytosis is a major...
- In immunology, the
mononuclear phagocyte system or
mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS) also
known as the
reticuloendothelial system or
macrophage system...
- a
vesicle formed around a
particle engulfed by a
phagocyte via phagocytosis.
Professional phagocytes include macrophages, neutrophils, and
dendritic cells...
- 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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immune system and
enhances (complements) the
ability of
antibodies and
phagocytic cells to
clear microbes and
damaged cells from an organism,
promote inflammation...
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neutrophils contain a
nucleus divided into 2–5 lobes.
Neutrophils are a type of
phagocyte and are
normally found in the bloodstream.
During the
beginning (acute)...
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Activated non-
phagocytic microglia generally appear as "bushy", "rods", or
small ameboids depending on how far
along the
ramified to full
phagocytic transformation...
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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,...
- macrophages, microglia, and others), but all are part of the
mononuclear phagocyte system.
Besides phagocytosis, they play a
critical role in nonspecific...
