Molecular and Cellular Biology of Phagocytosis by Maurice B. HallettEnglish | PDF, EPUB | 2020 | 194 Pages | ISBN : 3030404056 | 40 MB
Phagocytosis is the engulfment of particulate matter by cells. It is a fundamental (and probably “primitive”) cell biological process which is important in single celled organisms such as amoeba; multicellular animals including coelenterates; and in higher animals. In humans and other mammals, specialised immune cells (phagocytes) utilise phagocytosis in their crucial role of engulfing and destroying infecting microbes.