Neutrophil trapping and nexocytosis, mast cell-mediated processes for inflammatory signal relay. (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

Neutrophil trapping and nexocytosis, mast cell-mediated processes for inflammatory signal relay.

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This scanning electron microscopy image captures the moment where degranulating mast cells (pseudo-colored in sepia) attract and start to incorporate living neutrophils (pseudo-colored in cyan), forming cell-in-cell structures where mast cells trap living neutrophils inside them.

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© Marcus Frank & Karoline Schulz, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Germany

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