Tag Archives: leukocyte
Go with the flow: Studying the movement of T-cells to sites of inflammation
Inflammation is the protective response of the immune system that aids the removal of invading infectious agents and repair tissue injury. It involves the movement of white blood cells (leukocytes) from the bloodstream, through the cells lining
Immune damage of Apical Epidermal Cap impedes limb regeneration in frog
The evolution of the immune system in terrestrial vertebrates has allowed a high efficiency in the protection against mutated and cancer cells, foreign substances and microbes. Immune cells however become fully immunocompetent only late during development or
Erythrocytes, not leukocytes, clear bacteria from blood circulation
After discovery of phagocytosis by Elie Metchnikoff in 1882, it has become an axiom that in human body white blood cells (leukocytes) are the main cells that engulf and destroy bacteria and other pathogens. But until recently, there has
