2007-02-22 19:01:40 · 6 answers · asked by venkat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
kupfer cells
2007-02-23 01:12:29 · answer #1 · answered by pooja 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The cells of the liver is called as hepatocytes. They form the basic unit of the liver tissue. But the sinusoids of the liver i.e., the space through which the blood flows is lined by kupffer cells which perform the function of phagocytosis in the liver. In the tissues they r called as macrophages, lungs- alveolar macrophages. They r all commonly called as reticulo-endothelial cells.
2007-02-23 13:05:57 · answer #2 · answered by dharini 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The three main liver cell types (hepatocytes, Kupffer, and endothelial cells) are able to recognize and internalize apoptotic cells by means of specific receptors (galactose and mannose-specific receptor; receptor for phosphatydilserine) and by cytoskeletal reorganization that favors the engulfment of the apoptotic cells.
Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by liver is a complex phenomenon, involving multiple molecular mechanisms of recognition (i.e., lectin-like receptors and receptors for externalized phosphatydilserine) of both parenchymal (hepatocytes and nonparenchymal (Kupffer and endothelial cells) liver cells, often operating in cooperation.
2007-02-26 00:02:59 · answer #3 · answered by sri k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i will try to answer this but ask better next time. the phagocytic cells in the liver are called kupfer cells
2007-02-23 03:06:41 · answer #4 · answered by jonatan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mast cells
2007-02-23 03:05:08 · answer #5 · answered by sindy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
endothelial cells
2007-02-23 03:09:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋