Four separate effects can be demonstrated when lymphoid cell suspensions are passed through columns of siliconed glass beads. (a) A temperature-dependent "active adherence" of phagocytic cells, such ...

Circumstantial evidence for the conversion of lymphocytes into macrophages has accumulated for half a century, but attempts to demonstrate this change in tissue cultures of isolated lymphocytes have ...

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 ...

Background: In preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), early activation of circulating phagocytes is present as a sign of systemic inflammation. Phagocytes interact closely with ...

Working with neurons in a mouse model, Doron Merkler and colleagues have found a way to block the defense mechanism neurons themselves trigger that eventually causes their damage. The previous ...

Lymphocytes are types of white blood cells important for fighting off infection and destroying cancer cells inside your body. There are three types of lymphocytes: Do you know the best thing about ...