{"id":13571,"date":"2021-02-03T22:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/glossar\/phagocytosis\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T14:11:04","slug":"phagocytosis","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/glossar\/phagocytosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Phagocytosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greek <em>phagein<\/em> &ndash; to eat. Mechanism of uptake from particles to small cells in a single eukaryotic cell. Usually, particles are taken up by the cells as membrane-bound <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Aggregates&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Solidly bound or molten particles, whose resulting surface may be much smaller than the sum of the calculated surfaces of the individual components. Aggregates are held together by strong forces such as covalent bonds or forces caused by sintering or complex physical hooking. Aggregates, just as agglomerates, are referred to as secondary particles. See also ISO\/TS 27687:2008 (E) International Organization for Standardization.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>aggregates<\/span>, i.e. large aggregates in vesicles, vacuoles or lamellar bodies (cell compartments surrounded by membranes) through <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Phagocytosis&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Greek &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;phagein&amp;lt;\/em&amp;gt; - to eat. Mechanism of uptake from particles to small cells in a single eukaryotic cell. Usually, particles are taken up by the cells as membrane-bound aggregates, i.e. large aggregates in vesicles, vacuoles or lamellar bodies (cell compartments surrounded by membranes) through phagocytosis. In mammals, phagocytosis is performed mainly by special cells of the immune system, including the macrophages, monocytes (precursor cells of macrophages), and neutrophils (or neutrophilic granulocytes, belonging to the white blood cells). This uptake is an active, regulated process.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>phagocytosis<\/span>. In mammals, phagocytosis is performed mainly by special cells of the immune system, including the macrophages, monocytes (precursor cells of macrophages), and neutrophils (or neutrophilic granulocytes, belonging to the white blood cells). This uptake is an active, regulated process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greek phagein &#8211; to eat. Mechanism of uptake from particles to small cells in a single eukaryotic cell. Usually, particles are taken up by the cells as membrane-bound aggregates, i.e. large aggregates in vesicles, vacuoles or lamellar bodies (cell compartments surrounded by membranes) through phagocytosis. In mammals, phagocytosis is performed mainly by special cells of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/13571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/13571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16845,"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/13571\/revisions\/16845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanopartikel.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}