immune cells
White blood cells
Immune cells are the body's defenders against infection and disease.
White blood cells—including lymphocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils—patrol the bloodstream and tissues, identifying and destroying foreign invaders like bacteria, viruses, and abnormal cells.
The treatment works by activating the patient's own immune cells to attack the tumor.
- macrophagesLarge pathogen-engulfing immune cells
- monocytesCirculating immune phagocytes
- basophilsHistamine-containing white blood cells
- phagocytesCells that engulf debris
- lymphocytesAdaptive immunity cells
neutrophils · allergic reaction · microglia · cytokines · inflammation · leukocytes · fever · infection · autoimmune disease · antibodies · bone marrow · bone marrow transplant · lymph nodes · thymus · swelling · spleen · defense · attack
- cellsblood cell, cell theory, nerve cell, red blood cell, cell structure
- immunityantibodies, lymphocytes, vaccine, antigens, neutrophils
- immunologyantibodies, antigens, lymphocytes, cytokines, antibody response
- Osteoimmunologyosteoclasts, osteoblasts, bone marrow, cytokines, macrophages
- cell biologycell membrane, cell division, cytoplasm, ribosome, mitochondria
- body systemscirculatory system, digestive system, endocrine system, muscular system, nervous system
bodily defense vs. bodily threat
immune cellspathogens
Disease-causing microorganisms
malignant cells · infectious agents · bacteria · viruses · parasites