Chemotaxis and phagocytosis in anucleated cytoplasmic fragments of human peripheral blood leucocytes.
Viable anucleated fragments of hyaloplasm were obtained by heating human blood leucocytes. These anucleated cytoplasmic fragments exhibited random migration, chemotaxis (necrotaxis) toward red cells which had been destroyed by a laser beam and they were capable to ingest heat-killed Staph. albus.
D002458:Cell Fractionation; D002633:Chemotaxis; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000528:radiation effects; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011554:Pseudopodia; D011830:Radiation Effects; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000276:immunology