Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Phagocytosis - Main Key of Immune System

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Academic Editor

Seyyed Shamsadin Athari
Seyyed Shamsadin Athari

Zanjan University of Medical Sciences,
Iran

Co-editor

Entezar Mehrabi Nasab
Entezar Mehrabi Nasab

Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Iran

Series Editor

Tomasz Brzozowski
Tomasz Brzozowski

Jagiellonian University,
Poland

Published02 August 2023

Doi10.5772/intechopen.104359

ISBN978-1-83768-740-4

Print ISBN978-1-83768-739-8

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-1-83768-741-1

Copyright year2023

Number of pages230

Part of the book seriesPhysiology

Issn2631-8261

Phagocytosis, as an innate immune defense mechanism, is the first process to respond to pathogens. It is also one of the initiating branches of an adaptive immune response. This book provides a comprehensive overview of phagocytosis and related cells in the immune response. It presents the basics of phagocytosis as well as discusses management and therapeutic strategies for infections.

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1. Functioning and Control of Phagocytosis

By Laban Turyamuhika, Agaba Bosco, Asiimwe Moses, Musinguzi Benson and Okek Erick

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4. Macrophage: From Recognition of Foreign Agents to Late Phagocytosis

By Claudia I. Rivas Ortiz and Antonia Isabel Castillo Rodal

118
105
6. Muscularis Macrophages in Healthy and Diseased Gut

By Magdalini Mischopoulou and Gianluca Cipriani

62
7. Non-Myeloid Cell Phagocytosis

By Ben A. Calvert and Amy L. Ryan

111
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10. Close Encounters: Pathogenic Protists-Host Cell Interactions

By María Cristina Vanrell and Patricia Silvia Romano

70
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11. Phagocytosis: Inflammation-Obesity Relationship

By Jeanet Serafín López, Ursino Pacheco García, María Eugenia Castro Mussot and Ernesto Pacheco Ramírez

116
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