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Phagocytosis of Dying Cells
. Ed(S): Krysko, Dmitri V.; Vandenabeele, Peter
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Paperback. This comprehensive volume covers the immunological, molecular and biological aspects of phagocytosis of dying cells as well as its clinical relevance. It integrates the latest research from many related disciplines of science and includes 59 illustrations. Editor(s): Krysko, Dmitri V.; Vandenabeele, Peter. Num Pages: 457 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MJCL; MJCM; MJM; PSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 700.
Phagocytosis has been at the forefront of cell biology for more than a century. Initially, phagocytosis, which comes from Greek words meaning “devouring cells,” was discovered in the late 19th century by Ilya Metchnikoff, who was awarded, together with Paul Ehrlich, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1908 “in recognition of their work on immunity.” At that time Metchnikoff had already identified a function for phagocytes not only in host defense but also as scavengers of degenerating host cells during metamorphosis of tadpoles, thus providing one of the first descriptions of apoptotic cell clearance by macrophages (Kaufmann 2008). ... Read more
Phagocytosis has been at the forefront of cell biology for more than a century. Initially, phagocytosis, which comes from Greek words meaning “devouring cells,” was discovered in the late 19th century by Ilya Metchnikoff, who was awarded, together with Paul Ehrlich, the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1908 “in recognition of their work on immunity.” At that time Metchnikoff had already identified a function for phagocytes not only in host defense but also as scavengers of degenerating host cells during metamorphosis of tadpoles, thus providing one of the first descriptions of apoptotic cell clearance by macrophages (Kaufmann 2008). ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
457
Condition
New
Number of Pages
447
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401782999
SKU
V9789401782999
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