Phagocytosis, the internalization of particles by cells, is involved in development, tissue homeostasis and host defence. Aspects of this process are highly conserved between species and hence studies ...

The mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) has historically been categorized into monocytes, dendritic cells and macrophages on the basis of functional and phenotypical characteristics. However, ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 170, No. 6 (Dec., 1994), pp. 1463-1472 (10 pages) The present study was undertaken to determine if measurement and analysis of phagocyte function are useful ...

Phagocytes play a key role in host defense, and cell defects are associated with increased susceptibility to infection. Flow cytometry offers rapid and reproducible measurements of single cells in ...

STANFORD, Calif. — A fruit fly's immune system can tell time, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found, and how hard it punches back against infections depends on whether ...

Conventional wisdom holds that microglia are the main phagocytes of the brain, mopping up dead cells and debris. The reality is more complicated, according to scientists led by Jaime Grutzendler at ...

This would provide infection treatment that is around 1000 times faster than both natural phagocyte function and antibiotic-assisted phagocytic treatments. Microbivores may also produce treatment ...