Fagocitosis
Los macrófagos son células barredoras que pueden ingerir tejidos muertos y células foráneas. Los macrófagos forman tentáculos llamados seudópodos para rodear al invasor. Una vez dentro del macrófago, el invasor es bloqueado y luego digerido y destruido por una bolsa de sustancias químicas digestivas o enzimas.
Revision
Last reviewed 5/30/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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