Kupffer Cells [Kupfferovy buňky]
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- Terms
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Kupfferova buňka
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Kupffer Cell
Persistent link
https://www.medvik.cz/link/D007728
Definition
Specialized phagocytic cells of the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM found on the luminal surface of the hepatic sinusoids. They filter bacteria and small foreign proteins out of the blood and dispose of worn out red blood cells.
- Annotation
- also called reticuloendothelial cells of liver
- DUI
- D007728 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0012083
- Previous indexing
- Macrophages (1966-1972)
- History note
- 73
- Public note
- 73
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification
- CY
- cytology 1
- DE
- drug effects 3
- EN
- enzymology 1
- IM
- immunology 3
- ME
- metabolism 3
- MI
- microbiology
- PS
- parasitology
- PA
- pathology 3
- PH
- physiology 7
- RE
- radiation effects
- TR
- transplantation
- UL
- ultrastructure 2
- VI
- virology
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Occurrences in Medvik records
A
Anatomy