Narrative review reveals oxidant production and myeloperoxidase activity in human neutrophil phagosomes, highlighting essential mechanisms of bacterial elimination.
IN THE 1880s Elie Metchnikoff observed specialized phagocytic cells ingesting bacteria, and recognized the importance of phagocytosis as a defense mechanism in multicellular organisms.[1][1] Neutrophils are one of the professional phagocytes in humans. They ingest bacteria into intracellular
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