The Effect of Environmental Agents on Cells of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System

摘要: The term macrophage (“large eater”) was introduced by Metchnikoff (1901) to describe cells that he believed played an important role in resistance bacterial infections through engulfment and digestion of microorganisms. Endocytic were further studied Aschoff (1924) who used the ability take up vital dyes classify reticular spleen lymph nodes, endothelial blood sinuses, histiocytes tissues including liver spleen, monocytes, collectively constituting reticuloendothelial system (RES). On basis common morphology, function, origin, highly phagocytic mononuclear their precursors are now grouped into one family termed phagocyte (MPS).