With remarkable force, the white blood cell yanks the pathogen off the wound’s surface. The white blood cell then engulfs the pathogen in a process called phagocytosis, in which it “eats” the foreign ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Pus is a thick yellowish, whitish, or greenish fluid made up of dead white blood ...

News-Medical speaks to Professor Lola Eniola-Adefeso about her research investigating how an ignored white blood cell may cause COVID-19 deaths.

In a significant breakthrough, a research group has discovered that a type of white blood cell called macrophages 'eat' (phagocytose) the pancreatic β cells, thereby revealing the process behind ...

Apoptosis of neutrophils and monocytes after phagocytosis of bacteria (reviewed in 10) is called phagocytosis-induced cell death (PICD).

Termination of inflammatory reactions physiologically occurs early after removal of bacteria by phagocytosis-induced cell death (PICD) of immune effector cells such as monocytes.