FROM THE RETICULO-ENDOTHELIAL TO MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM- THE UNACCOUNTED YEARS
It is over 125 years since Ilya Metchnikoff described the significance of phagocytosis. In this review we examine the early origins and development of macrophage research continuing after his death in 1916, through the period of the Reticulo-Endothelial System. Studies on these cells resulted in a s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2015.00328/full |