Concept information
Preferred term
Mononuclear Phagocyte System
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Reticuloendothelial System
- System, Reticuloendothelial
Scope note
- Mononuclear cells with pronounced phagocytic ability that are distributed extensively in lymphoid and other organs. It includes MACROPHAGES and their precursors; PHAGOCYTES; KUPFFER CELLS; HISTIOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; LANGERHANS CELLS; and MICROGLIA. The term mononuclear phagocyte system has replaced the former reticuloendothelial system, which also included less active phagocytic cells such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. (From Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, 2d ed.)
In other languages
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Finnish
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mononukleaarinen fagosyyttijärjestelmä
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RES
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retikuloendoteliaalinen järjestelmä
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retikuloendoteliaalisysteemi
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systema reticuloendotheliale
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012157
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