Locomotion and Phagocytosis of Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes (PMNs) in Infected Urine
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in European Urology
- Vol. 4 (6) , 438-440
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000474017
Abstract
The appearance of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs), fixed during locomotion and phagocytosis in deposits of infected urine, is described. By comparison with previous observations on vital PMNs, it is inferred that the anterior lamellipodium is the direction-choosing and prey-catching cell organelle. During phagocytosis the lamellipodium may assume such proportions that a reversal of cell polarity is produced, i.e., the lamellipodium forms the handle of a hand-mirror cell.Keywords
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