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Phagocytes

Known as: amebocyte, Cells, Phagocytic, Phagocytic Cells 
A type of immune cell that can surround and kill microorganisms, ingest foreign material, and remove dead cells. It can also boost immune responses… 
National Institutes of Health

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Activated macrophagesImmunity, InnateMicrobiologicalNeuronophagia

Broader (2)

Immune systemLeukocytes

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macrophagemicrophageneutrophil

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Flow cytometry as a tool to monitor the disturbance of phagocytosis in the clam Mya arenaria hemocytes following in vitro exposure to heavy metals.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Regulation of the superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase by a small GTP-binding protein and its stimulatory and inhibitory GDP/GTP exchange proteins.
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
MacMARCKS, a novel member of the MARCKS family of protein kinase C substrates
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Phosphatidic acid and not diacylglycerol generated by phospholipase D is functionally linked to the activation of the NADPH oxidase by FMLP in human neutrophils.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
C5a induction of human interleukin 1. Synergistic effect with endotoxin or interferon-gamma.
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a potent cytokine which possesses the ability to mediate systemic acute phase responses as well as local… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
A possible role for protein phosphorylation in the activation of the respiratory burst in human neutrophils. Evidence from studies with cells from patients with chronic granulomatous disease.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cellular composition of primary cultures from cerebral cortex, striatum, hippocampus, brainstem and cerebellum
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Purification of a lamprey complement protein homologous to the third component of the mammalian complement system.
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTES (KUPFFER CELLS) AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
The fine structural characteristics and phagocytic properties of peroxidase-positive and peroxidase-negative cells in rat hepatic… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
HEAT LABILE OPSONINS TO PNEUMOCOCCUS
When encapsulated type 25 pneumococci (Pn25) were opsonized with normal guinea pig serum, they consumed much more C3 than other… 
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