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Phagocytosis

Phagocytosis (from Ancient Greek φαγεῖν (phagein) 'to eat' and κύτος (kytos) 'cell') is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome. It is one type of endocytosis. A cell that performs phagocytosis is called a phagocyte.

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Phagocytosis

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related to history · 17
Phagocytosis → Actinophyrys, Albert, Die Radiolarien, Eine Monographie, Ernst Haeckel, German, Haeckel, In, Indian, It, Kölliker, Rhizopoda Radiaria, Swiss, Tethys, The, Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Zeitschrift
related to Initiating receptors · 11
Phagocytosis → Among, Dectin, Fc, IgG, NF-κB, Non-opsonic, PAMPS, PRRs, Receptors, Some, The
related to In apoptosis · 10
Phagocytosis → A1, Accumulation, CD36, Defects, Following, GAS6, LDL, MFGE8, One, These
related to Professional phagocytic cells · 7
Phagocytosis → After, Degranulation, Enzymes, Fcγ, Neutrophils, The, There
related to External links · 6
Phagocytosis → Media, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, Wikimedia CommonsPhagocytosis, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Phagosome · 5
Phagocytosis → Degradation, Engulfment, It, Progressively, The
related to In immune system · 3
Phagocytosis → Although, It, These
related to In protists · 3
Phagocytosis → Ciliates, Entamoeba, In
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Phagocytosis → major mechanism used to remove pathogens and cell debris

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Phagocytosisis amajor mechanism used to remove pathogens and cell debris0.90text
lysozymesinstance ofcontaining enzymes0.80text
Bactericidal permeability-increasing proteininstance ofcontaining enzymes0.80text
Major basic proteininstance ofcontaining enzymes0.80text
cationic proteins such as defensinsinstance ofcontaining enzymes0.80text
the phosphatidylserine receptor or by solubleinstance ofThese molecules are recognised by receptors on the cell surface of the macrophage0.80text
Phagocytosisrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Phagocytosisrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Phagocytosisrelated to External linksWikimedia CommonsPhagocytosis0.60section
Phagocytosisrelated to External linksNational Library0.60section
Phagocytosisrelated to External linksMedicine Medical Subject Headings0.60section
Phagocytosisrelated to External linksMeSH0.60section

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