title: [Phagocytosis--a central mechanism in inflammatory reaction (author's transl)].
abstract: It is attempted to describe the complex pathogenesis of the inflammatory reaction by analysing the mechanisms of several reactions involved. Phagocytosis is a central phenomenon of host defense mechanisms responding to an invasion of foreign bodies. The induction of secondary reactions following phagocytosis is looked at. Several pathogenetic mechanisms responsible for a switch from acute to chronic inflammation are suggested. Known principles of the autonomous regulation of cell effector functions are discussed in relation to their participation in inflammatory reactions.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004798:Enzymes / Q000502:physiology; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D008247:Lysosomes; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010587:Phagocytosis
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes
vernacular_title: Phagozytose--ein zentraler Mechanismus der Entzündungsreaktion.