Macrophages and Phagocytosis
This scrollable interactive shows how macrophages engulf and digest disease-causing bacteria in a dynamic process called phagocytosis. This is often the first step in mounting an immune response to fend off an attack by a disease-causing bacterium.
Topics
- macrophage
- pathogen
- phagocytosis
- bacteria
- bacterium
- antigen
- antigens
- phagosome
- vesicle
- MHC class II
- MHC class II receptor
- MHC class II molecule
- vesicle budding
- vesicle fusion
- APC
- antigen presenting cells