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Title: How do phagocytes interact speedily and effectively with pathogens? Post by: colleen on Mar 15, 2012 How do phagocytes interact speedily and effectively with pathogens?
Title: Re: How do phagocytes interact speedily and effectively with pathogens? Post by: biology101 on Mar 16, 2012 Phagocytes have evolved specialized molecules called pattern recognition receptors (PRR) that interact directly with specific pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) to activate these pathogens to ingest and destroy the targeted pathogens by phagocytosis.
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