The study of animals with global knockouts of genes encoding various cytokines, cytokine receptors and transcription factors has been crucial for understanding the development and homeostatic ...

Frédéric Geissmann. Most cells types in the body are identified by their origin, anatomical location, function, and phenotype. Myeloid cells are arguably no more heterogeneous than other cell types ...

Opsonization is the mechanism by which targeting of particles for destruction through phagocytosis becomes enhanced. Opsonins are molecules that mark foreign particles for phagocytosis. Phagocytosis ...