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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

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Immune systemLeukocytes

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macrophagemicrophageneutrophil

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Review
2004
Review
2004
Modulation of phagocyte apoptosis by bacterial pathogens
Phagocytic leukocytes such as neutrophils and macrophages are essential for the innate immune response against invading bacteria… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Molecular basis for Rac2 regulation of phagocyte NADPH oxidase
A Rac GTPase–regulated multiprotein NADPH oxidase is critical for the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in phagocytic… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Salmonella pathogenicity island 2-dependent evasion of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase.
A type III protein secretion system encoded by Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 (SPI2) has been found to be required for… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Severity of asthma is related to endotoxin in house dust.
In sensitized subjects, exposure to the mite allergen appears to be only one of several factors leading to asthma. We… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
A new foreign policy: MHC class I molecules monitor the outside world.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Collectins: collagenous C-type lectins of the innate immune defense system.
Review
1993
Review
1993
The immunopathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is probably the most intensively studied virus in the history of biomedical research. A… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
CSF‐1—A mononuclear phagocyte lineage‐specific hemopoietic growth factor
All of the mature blood cell types of the mouse are derived from a single, pluripotent, hemopoietic stem cell [reviewed in 11… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
IN VITRO SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION OF LYSOZYME BY MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTES
Pure cultures of three types of mononuclear phagocytes—mouse peritoneal macrophages, unstimulated or after thioglycollate… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Detection of endotoxin in human blood and demonstration of an inhibitor.
Abstract Gelation of a lysate of amebocytes of Limulus, the horseshoe crab, is a sensitive indicator of the presence of a variety… 
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