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  2. Monocyte - Wikipedia

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    Monocytes are a type of leukocyte or white blood cell. They are the largest type of leukocyte in blood and can differentiate into macrophages and monocyte-derived dendritic cells. As a part of the vertebrate innate immune system monocytes also influence adaptive immune responses and exert tissue repair functions.

  3. List of immune cells - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of immune cells, ... Monocyte: Macrophage ... Messengers between innate and adaptive immune system [12] [13] B cell: Lymphocyte:

  4. Innate immune system - Wikipedia

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    The innate immune system or nonspecific immune system [1] is one of the two main immunity strategies in vertebrates (the other being the adaptive immune system). The innate immune system is an alternate defense strategy and is the dominant immune system response found in plants, fungi, prokaryotes, and invertebrates (see Beyond vertebrates). [2 ...

  5. Immune system - Wikipedia

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    Dendritic cells serve as a link between the bodily tissues and the innate and adaptive immune systems, as they present antigens to T cells, one of the key cell types of the adaptive immune system. [37] Granulocytes are leukocytes that have granules in their cytoplasm. In this category are neutrophils, mast cells, basophils, and eosinophils.

  6. Nonspecific immune cell - Wikipedia

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    There are two categories to which parts of the immune system are assigned: the non-specific, or innate immune system and the adaptive immune system.The non-specific response is a generalized response to pathogen infections involving the use of several white blood cells and plasma proteins.

  7. Adaptive immune system - Wikipedia

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    The acquired immune system is one of the two main immunity strategies found in vertebrates (the other being the innate immune system). Google Ngram of "acquired immunity " vs. "adaptive immunity". The peak for "adaptive" in the 1960s reflects its introduction to immunology by Robert A. Good and use by colleagues; the explosive increase in the ...

  8. Immune response - Wikipedia

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    This immune response is evolutionarily conserved across many different species, with all multi-cellular organisms having some sort of variation of an innate response. [5] The innate immune system consists of physical barriers such as skin and mucous membranes, various cell types like neutrophils, macrophages, and monocytes, and soluble factors ...

  9. Mononuclear phagocyte system - Wikipedia

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    In immunology, the mononuclear phagocyte system or mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS) also known as the macrophage system is a part of the immune system that consists of the phagocytic cells [1] located in reticular connective tissue. The cells are primarily monocytes and macrophages, and they accumulate in lymph nodes and the spleen.