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RETICULOENDOTHELIAL CELLS OF LIVER
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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Kupffer Cells
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Macrófagos del Hígado
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Macrófagos do Fígado
Synonyms
English
:
Reticuloendothelial Cells of Liver
Tree Number:
A11.329.372.588
A11.627.482.588
A11.733.397.588
A15.382.680.397.588
A15.382.812.522.588
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
also called
reticuloendothelial cells of liver
History Note
English
:
73
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CY
cytology
DE
drug effects
EN
enzymology
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
SE
secretion
TR
transplantation
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
VI
virology
Record Number:
7904
Unique Identifier:
D007728
Occurrence in VHL
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