- phagocytes
- Immune system cells that ingest and destroy viruses, bacteria, fungi and other foreign substances or cells.
Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.
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PHAGOCYTES — Seuls seront considérés ici les phagocytes de mammifères. On peut les répartir en deux grands groupes: d’une part, certains leucocytes ou globules blancs du sang; de l’autre, plusieurs sortes de cellules conjonctives. Parmi les leucocytes, la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Phagocytes — Phagocyte Image au microscope électronique d un neutrophile (jaune, droite) phagocytant anthrax bacilli (orange, gauche) Phagocyte (aussi appelé cellule phagocytaire) signifie « mangeur de cellules ». On les compare parfois aux éboueurs … Wikipédia en Français
phagocytes — n. pl. [Gr. phagein, to eat; kytos, container] Cells in a body, fixed or moving, capable of active ingestion and digestion; see plasmatocytes … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
phagocytes — phag·o·cyte || fægəʊsaɪt n. white blood cell, blood cell that destroys foreign bodies and cells in the blood … English contemporary dictionary
mononuclear phagocytes — Monocytes and their differentiated products, macrophages. Mononuclear cells are leucocytes other than polymorphonuclear cells and include lymphocytes … Dictionary of molecular biology
Phagocyte — Phagocytes are cells that are found in the blood, bone marrow and other tissues of vertebrates. [ cite web|url=http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookIMMUN.html |title=LYMPHATIC SYSTEM AND IMMUNITY |accessdate=2008 10 04… … Wikipedia
Immune system — A scanning electron microscope image of a single neutrophil (yellow), engulfing anthrax bacteria (orange). An immune system is a system of biological structures and processes within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and… … Wikipedia
phagocyte — [ fagɔsit ] n. m. • 1887; du gr. phagein « manger » et kutos « cellule »; cf. cyte ♦ Physiol. Cellule possédant la propriété d englober et de détruire, en les digérant, diverses particules étrangères, en particulier des micro organismes… … Encyclopédie Universelle
PHAGOCYTAIRE (SYSTÈME) ET PHAGOCYTOSE — C’est au zoologiste Élie Metchnikoff, venu de Russie en 1886 pour travailler à l’Institut Pasteur et Prix Nobel de médecine en 1908, que l’on doit la première description des cellules capables d’incorporer dans leur cytoplasme des particules… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Innate immune system — See also: Immune system and Adaptive immune system Innate immune system The innate immune system, also known as non specific immune system and secondary line of defence,[1] comprises the cells and mechanisms that defend the host … Wikipedia
