spleen

Monoclonal antibody

...oclonal antibodies, one removes B-cells from the spleen of an animal that has been challenged with the antigen. These B-cells are then fused with myeloma tumor cells that can grow indefinitely in culture (myeloma is a B-cell cancer). This fusion is done by making the cell membranes more permeable. ...

Marcello Malpighi

... Malpighian corpuscles in the kidneys and the spleen , as well as the Malpighian tubules in the excretory system of insects. He also studied chick embryo development with detailed drawings and discovered taste buds of human tongue. Some of his studies he made by vivisection . He also tried to ...

Malpighian corpuscle

...les — follicles in the white pulp of the spleen , containing many lymphocytes These structures are named after Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694), an Italian physician and biologist regarded as the father of microscopical anatomy and histology ....

Malaria

...irculating infected blood cells are killed in the spleen . To avoid this fate, the parasite produces certain surface proteins which infected blood cells express on their cell surface, causing the blood cells to stick to the walls of blood vessels. These surface proteins known as PfEMP1 are highly variabl...

Kidney

...ch side of the spine just below the liver and spleen . Superior to each kidney is an adrenal gland (also called the suprarenal gland ). The kidneys are retroperitoneal, which means they lie behind the peritoneum , the lining of the abdominal cavity . They are approximately at the vertebral le...

Immunology

...The key organs of the immune system are thymus , spleen , bone marrow , lymph vessels , lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues such as tonsils and adenoids ) and skin . The major organs, the thymus and spleen, are examined histologically only post-mortem during autopsy . However some lymph...

Immune system

...of four lymphoid organs ( thymus , lymph nodes , spleen and submucosal lymphoid nodules) and the group motile cells that are involved in the body's defense against foreign bodies. The term may also be used to refer to the totality of a body's defense systems, encompassing both the adaptive immune system ...

Blood

...nd the kidney . Blood cells are degraded by the spleen and the Kuppfer cells in the liver. The liver also clears proteins and amino acids (the kidney secretes many small proteins into the urine ). Transport of oxygen The amount of oxygen dissolved in blood is directly proportional to the PO2 of...