Kupffer cells, also known as stellate macrophages and Kupffer–Browicz cells, are specialized cells localized in the liver within the lumen of the liver...

von Kupffer (1853–1928), German journalist and writer Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829–1902), German anatomist, who discovered stellate macrophage cells that...

from haematopoietic stem cells. In a healthy adult human, roughly ten billion (1010) to a hundred billion (1011) new blood cells are produced per day, in...

macrophages, and they accumulate in lymph nodes and the spleen. The Kupffer cells of the liver and tissue histiocytes are also part of the MPS. The mononuclear...

types of cells. In rat islets, endocrine cell types are distributed as follows: Alpha cells producing glucagon (20% of total islet cells) Beta cells producing...

into the portal tract lymphatics.[citation needed] Kupffer cells are scattered between endothelial cells; they are part of the reticuloendothelial system...

lining of specialised endothelial cells known as the liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), and Kupffer cells. The cells are porous and have a scavenging...

the cell system that Aschoff described as RES in the liver were liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), but not liver macrophages (Kupffer cells). In...

these cells have specific names depending upon which tissue they settle in, such as fixed macrophages in the liver, which become known as Kupffer cells. These...

Hepatic stellate cells (HSC), also known as perisinusoidal cells or Ito cells (earlier lipocytes or fat-storing cells), are pericytes found in the perisinusoidal...

cells but only 6.5% of its volume. The liver sinusoids are lined with two types of cell, sinusoidal endothelial cells, and phagocytic Kupffer cells....

(2023). "Histology, Kupffer Cell". StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing. PMID 29630278. Retrieved 2023-08-25. "Cell diameter and total...

cells in the monocyte lineage (e.g., monocytic phagocytes, osteoclasts), by circulating macrophages, and by tissue macrophages (e.g., Kupffer cells,...

clathrin-coated pits per membrane unit, compared with two other major liver cells, Kupffer cells and hepatocytes, reflecting the high capacity clathrin-mediated endocytic...

cancer is a form of cancer that is composed of mutated epithelial cells (or cells showing characteristics of epithelial differentiation) that originate...

life of about 120 days before they are degraded by the spleen, and the Kupffer cells in the liver. The liver also clears some proteins, lipids, and amino...

cells and its functions. The liver is a vital organ, in charge of almost all the body’s metabolism. Main liver cells are hepatocytes, Kupffer cells,...

Cells at Work! Code Black (Japanese: はたらく細胞ＢＬＡＣＫ, Hepburn: Hataraku Saibō Burakku) is a Japanese manga series spin-off to Cells at Work! by Akane Shimizu...

by injection of glucan, beta-1,30-polyglucose, are formed not from Kupffer cells, mature differentiated macrophages, but from blood monocytes. De Vos...

mechanisms. There is sinusoidal endothelial cell dysfunction (SEC), hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation, Kupffer cell activation, and myofibroblast activation...

University - "Liver, Gall Bladder, and Pancreas: liver; sinusoids and Kupffer cells" Anatomy photo: digestive/mammal/liver5/liver7 - Comparative Organology...

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Phagocytes are cells that protect the body by ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or dying cells. Their name comes from the Greek...

conjugated bilirubin. Some components are synthesized by hepatocytes (liver cells); the rest are extracted from the blood by the liver. Bile is secreted by...

Holt OJ, Drickamer K (2003). "Molecular characterization of the rat Kupffer cell glycoprotein receptor". Glycobiology. 13 (7): 529–537. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwg068...

initiated by cells already present in all tissues, mainly resident macrophages, dendritic cells, histiocytes, Kupffer cells, and mast cells. These cells present...

result of selective iron deposition in islet beta cells in the pancreas leading to functional failure and cell death. skeletal: arthritis, from iron deposition...

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specialised cells of the GI tract. These include the various cells of the gastric glands, taste cells, pancreatic duct cells, enterocytes and microfold cells. Some...

progenitor cells are precursor cells that differentiate into the functional pancreatic cells, including exocrine acinar cells, endocrine islet cells, and ductal...