Crawling Neutrophil chasing bacterium (Fagocitando bacteria)

Crawling Neutrophil chasing a Bacterium (Un glóbulo blanco persigue a una bacteria) White blood cells, or leukocytes, are cells of the immune system defending the body against both infectious disease and foreign materials. Several different and diverse types of leukocytes exist, but they are all produced and derived from a multipotent cell in the bone marrow known as a hematopoietic stem cell. Leukocytes are found throughout the body, including the blood and lymphatic system. The number of …

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16 Comments

  1. theunraveler
    Posted October 30, 2008 at 7:39 am | Permalink

    pure pwnage by neutrophil…

  2. mandingobingo
    Posted December 2, 2008 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

    haha, it was almost like one of those ‘puppy chasing a kitty’ videos. awesome

  3. borgirdummu
    Posted December 23, 2008 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

    How does the Neutrophil follow the bacteria? It obviously doesn’t have eyes or a consciousness but this behaviour makes it seem as if it does

  4. LexiNicole5394
    Posted December 30, 2008 at 12:29 pm | Permalink

    woohoo for WBC’s :D

  5. MAR0NYAZ
    Posted January 13, 2009 at 6:15 am | Permalink

    cute!!

  6. yayspencer
    Posted January 22, 2009 at 3:38 pm | Permalink

    I was wondering the same thing. It must be chemically attracted to proteins on the membrane of the bacteria. That attraction probably starts some sort of mechanism in the cell to propel it towards the bacteria. I dunno

  7. reducingASH
    Posted January 27, 2009 at 5:13 am | Permalink

    the bacteria secretes some chemical that is foreign to its system thus attracting its attention which explain the chase.

  8. reducingASH
    Posted January 27, 2009 at 5:13 am | Permalink

    ……(o.o)……

  9. 000how
    Posted March 13, 2009 at 2:44 pm | Permalink

    Im now under attack of this black points >:-(

  10. EssiacHempLaetrile
    Posted March 27, 2009 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    CANCER CURE = HEMP OIL

  11. deecoyc
    Posted April 3, 2009 at 10:11 pm | Permalink

    hahahaha this is amazing

  12. cautionthisissparta
    Posted April 5, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Permalink

    lol pacman wakawakawakawakawakawakawakawakawakawakawakawaka
    dllelelleellelelluu. *wah wah*

  13. cocanox
    Posted April 20, 2009 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    It’s all due to cell signalling. there is a peptide (formylated Met-Leu-Phe) which uses G-protein coupled receptors. This peptide on the bacterium signals the neutrophil for phagocytosis.

  14. egyptiangel320
    Posted April 24, 2009 at 2:29 pm | Permalink

    actually, the bacteria isnt secreting anything, if it was, it would just be asking the WBC to kill it. since bacterium are diff. organisms than humans, their bodies are coated with diff. proteins than the cells of our bodies. our immune system is designed to recognize anything that is foreign(coated with diff. proteins )and attack it. the neutrophils cell follows the the chemicals that are coating the surface of the bacteria. hope this helped.

  15. Roarbark
    Posted May 10, 2009 at 10:33 pm | Permalink

    AWESOME! and hands up if your taking the AP test tomorrow :(

  16. xxMrBaldyxx
    Posted June 14, 2009 at 4:03 am | Permalink

    wow I’ll never feel lazy ever again. my neutrophil’s are always hard at work lol

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