mononuclear phagocytic system

Japanese: mononuclear phagocytic system(英語表記)mononuclearphagocyticsystem
mononuclear phagocytic system

…Monocytes, macrophages, plasma cells, and lymphocytes are the main cells in chronic inflammation. Among them, macrophages are the most active cells that exhibit phagocytosis, and most of them are derived from monocytes in the blood, so macrophages and monocytes are collectively called the mononuclear phagocytic system. Macrophages derived from sources other than blood belong to the so-called reticuloendothelial system, such as histiocytes in tissues, Kupffer stellate cells in the liver, alveolar macrophages in the lungs, macrophages in lymph nodes and spleens, and macrophages derived from the pleural and peritoneal epithelium. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "mononuclear phagocytic system" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…慢性炎症では単球,マクロファージ,形質細胞およびリンパ球が主体となる。なかでもマクロファージは最も活発に貪食作用を示す細胞で,その大部分は血液中の単球に由来することから,マクロファージと単球とを合わせて単核細胞貪食系mononuclear phagocytic systemと呼ばれている。血液以外から由来するマクロファージは,組織に存在する組織球,肝臓のクッパー星細胞,肺の肺胞マクロファージ,リンパ節や脾臓にあるマクロファージおよび胸膜や腹膜上皮由来のマクロファージなど,いわゆる細網内皮系reticuloendothelial systemといわれているものに属する細胞である。…

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