Phagocytosis of Dying Cells: From Molecular Mechanisms to Human Diseases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Krysko, Dmitri V. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Vandenabeele, Peter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Immunology.; Oncology.; Rheumatology.; Apoptosis.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.

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...