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Mononuclear cells with pronounced phagocytic ability that are distributed extensively in lymphoid and other organs. It includes MACROPHAGES and their precursors; PHAGOCYTES; KUPFFER CELLS; HISTIOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; LANGERHANS CELLS; and MICROGLIA. The term mononuclear phagocyte system has replaced the former reticuloendothelial system, which also included less active phagocytic cells such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. (From Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology, 2d ed.)
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- Reticuloendothelial System
- Phagocyte System, Mononuclear
- System, Mononuclear Phagocyte
- System, Reticuloendothelial
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, ultrastructure, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Mononuclear Phagocyte System. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012157. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012157
- Mononuclear Phagocyte System. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929966