Applying a propulsive force to bypass white blood cells When a pathogen tries to enter a cell, it usually encounters a type ...

A single phagocyte typically ingests an entire apoptotic corpse, essentially doubling its content. Because phagocytes often ingest multiple targets in succession, we propose the existence of ...

Eosinophils and basophils attack organisms that are too big to be eaten by a single phagocyte, like worms. The phagocytes are cells that attack and destroy foreign cells by engulfing them. There are ...

Division clinical immunologists diagnose and treat children with primary immune deficiencies including Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), primary antibody deficiencies, phagocyte deficiencies ...

Dr. Smythies earned her B.Sc. (Hons), A.K.C. at Kings College, London University, England and her Ph.D. at Wye College, London University. She did postdoctoral fellowships in the Department of ...

Undoubtedly, there is considerable complexity in the death and presentation of tumor cells to phagocytes: a redundant and promiscuous system of receptors alerts the phagocyte about the imminent ...

We also observed that peripheral blood SPM concentrations were linked with the regulation of circulating phagocyte and platelet functions in these volunteers. Intriguingly we found that different ...