[The peripheral blood picture: a peephole gives insight into the struggle for survival of the body].
The morphological features and fluctuation of cellular components derived from haemograms of a cat infected with toxoplasmosis provide information on the state and activity of important cell systems: the unspecific cellular defense by means of phagocytosis as well as the recruitment and functional stimulation of phagocytizing cells by cytokines and moreover the specific immune reaction, triggered by macrophages, phagocytizing, processing and presenting antigens to immune competent T-cells, inducing an immune response, which finally leads to the formation of antibody-producing plasma cells from B-cells.
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D000818:Animals; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D010587:Phagocytosis; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology
Das periphere Blutbild: Ein Guckfenster gibt Einblick in den Uberlebenskampf des Körpers.