Phagocytes such as macrophages and neutrophils contain multiple lysosomes, which possess a variety of digestive enzymes. Upon stimulation, phagocytes secrete these digestive enzymes through a process ...

Mononuclear phagocytes can both promote and inhibit inflammation. A team has now shown that individual phagocytes in the central nervous system can play both roles, sequentially adopting different ...

It is known that the immune response in pregnant women undergoes recognized changes that ensure the mother does not reject the fetus. Dysregulation of this dynamic immune adaptation underpins numerous ...

The engulfment ability of a phagocyte is controlled by its mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), according to a study by Ravichandran and colleagues. The authors reasoned that the 'ingestion' of ...

ONE designates as phagocytes cells endowed with the ability to ingest particulate matter such as bacteria, cellular debris and colloidal dyes. The ingested material may or may not be digested within ...