4 steps of phagocytosis + phagocytes

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1) attatchment

specific: damaged cells or protein-targeted cells, proteins = opsonins

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2) internalization

takes approximately 0.01 second, phagosome + lysosome → secondary lysosome

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3) degradation

lysosome enzymes degrade phagocytosed product

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4) exocytosis

elimination of some degradation products

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what cells are phagocytes

neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells