Sentences with phrase «includes phagocytosis»
The main mechanism includes phagocytosis of macrophages which play a critical role in nonspecific defense (innate immunity) and, moreover; they have a role as antigen presenters which also help initiate specific defense mechanisms (adaptive immunity) by recruiting other immune cells such as lymphocytes.
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Blocking the mechanisms involved in other methods of cell death including apoptosis and phagocytosis did not disrupt the process, confirming that entosis operates in a different way.
These include: 1) live viral vaccine neutralization by maternal Abs, 2) Ab feedback mechanisms, 3) elimination of vaccine - antigen / maternal Ab immune complexes by phagocytosis, 4) inhibition of B cell responses through epitope masking, and 5) inhibition of B cell responses by binding of IgG to the FcγRIIB (134, 135).
Flow cytometry is an evolving field with a wide range of applications that includes immunophenotyping, cell division and apoptosis, cell activation, intracellular pH shifts, phagocytosis, oxidative burst and much more.