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Inner Workings Of The Immune System Filmed

“DDC extend pseudopods to engulf L. major parasites. Representative time-lapse images showing uptake of parasites (red) by rapid extension/retraction of pseudopods from DDC. Scale bars, 12 mm (upper panels) and 6 mm (lower panels). Small inlet shows tip of pseudopod at high magnification. Blue circles illustrate parasite-containing vacuoles.” (Credit: Ng LG, Hsu A, Mandell MA, Roediger B, Hoeller C, et al. Migratory Dermal Dendritic Cells Act as Rapid Sensors of Protozoan Parasites. PLoS Pathog 4(11): e1000222. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000222)