Recently, we reported that the human immune system have discovered a new organ. And, it seems that this protective system still keeps many mysteries. For example, recently a group of researchers from Australia found on the surface of immune cells previously unknown education about the availability and functions which previously did not even know.
The results of the study according to the editors of the Journal of Cell Biology new education were found on the surface of macrophages. Macrophages are cells of the immune system, which can actively capture and digest bacteria, toxins and other foreign body particles, including cancer cells. The new structure represent a kind of “growths” on the surface of cells, but the researchers themselves and compare them to the frame of the tent, covered with awning. According to one of the authors of Adam wall, Professor at the University of Queensland,
“Our discovery was made possible due to the method of planar illumination microscopy, which can obtain three-dimensional high definition image. Very exciting to see the behavior of the cells with such high resolution. What we have seen, shows how much we do not know about the functions of the cells.”
At the moment we found out that the revealed structure helps the macrophages to capture alien structure and scan the surrounding space. In addition, they play an important role in the capture of objectives. For example, before absorption, from plasma membrane cells first appear open structure, arranged around the target and then the surface of the membrane draws the alien agent inside.
“New imaging technique gives many possibilities to study the behavior of cells. We can examine not only immune cells, but also, for example, cancer cells in order to better learn about their structure.”
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On the surface of immune cells found a new unknown structure
Vladimir Kuznetsov