Sentences with phrase «fungal programmed cell death»

That suggested that neutrophil activity might set off fungal programmed cell death.

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In mice, when white blood cells in the lungs engulf spores of a common airborne fungus, these immune cells release an enzyme that sends the fungal cells into programmed cell death.

For instance, Hohl and his colleagues noticed that fungal cells being engulfed by neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, appeared to be undergoing programmed cell death.