chemotaxis

immunology
Also known as: directed migration

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  • bacterial movement
  • effect on neutrophils
    • chronic granulomatous disease
      In neutrophil

      …will move is known as chemotaxis and is attributed to substances liberated at sites of tissue damage. Of the many neutrophils circulating outside the bone marrow, half are in the tissues and half are in the blood vessels; of those in the blood vessels, half are within the mainstream of…

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  • microglia
    • In microglia

      …the cells to move via chemotaxis (movement along a chemical gradient). For many years the function of microglia was unclear. However, today it is known that these cells mediate immune responses in the central nervous system by acting as macrophages, clearing cellular debris and dead neurons from nervous tissue through…

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