Search for dissertations about: "Phagocytosis"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 204 swedish dissertations containing the word Phagocytosis.
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6. Glucose and insulin modulate phagocytosis and production of reactive oxygen metabolites in human neutrophil granulocytes
Abstract : Neutrophil granulocytes play an important role in the host defence against invading microorganisms and constitute the frontline of defence within the innate immune system and are among the first cells to arrive at the site of inflammation. Effective phagocytosis and killing of invading pathogens by neutrophils is of significant importance for successful resistance to infectious diseases. READ MORE
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7. Neutrophil phagocytosis and secretion : The role of calcium and the cytoskeleton
Abstract : Neutrophils assure rapid removal of bacteria by a variety of processes. They crawl out of the vessels, phagocytose the bacteria and kill them by secretion of bactericidal substances and production of oxidative metabolites. READ MORE
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8. Storage organelles that are distinct from the classical granules in human neutrophils
Abstract : The human neutrophil is a crucial participant in acute inflammation. Appropriate immune response is dependent on rapid direction of phagocytic cells through the tissue, towards the inflammatory focus. Such movement is governed by chemoattractants, e.g. READ MORE
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9. Exploring Monoclonal Antibody Action Against the Group A Streptococcal M Protein
Abstract : Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a significant human pathogen that has developed multipleimmune evasion mechanisms to counter the host immune response. One of these mechanisms involvesthe production of the M protein, which, amongst other things, acts as an anti-phagocytic factor and canbind host proteins. READ MORE
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10. Leishmania donovani Lipophosphoglycan : Modulation of Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Function
Abstract : Leishmania donovani is a blood-borne tropicial parasite, which infects humans through bites by Phlebotomus sandflies. The parasite survives and multiplies inside macrophages in inner organs, and causes the deadly disease visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar). READ MORE