reticuloendothelial cells

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[ritik′yəlō·en′dōthē′lē·əl]

Etymology: L, reticulum + Gk, endon, within, thele, nipple

albuminoid or scleroprotein cells lining vascular and lymph vessels and capable of phagocytosing bacteria, viruses, and colloidal particles or of forming immune bodies against foreign particles.

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benign lymphoreticulosis familial histiocytic reticulosis hematocytoblast hematoidin innocent Lacunar Cell Leishman-Donovan bodies lipidosis lymphoreticular lymphoreticulosis Reed-Sternberg cell RES reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial system reticulosis sinusoid xanthoma palpebrarum			The virus specifically affects liver cells and reticuloendothelial cells. Information on Ebola Virus by Richard James / Health, general community 29) [FIGURE 9 OMITTED] [FIGURE 10 OMITTED] [FIGURE 11 OMITTED] Labeled leukocytes accumulate in the reticuloendothelial cells, or fixed macrophages of the bone marrow, the normal distribution of which closely parallels that of the hematopoietically active marrow, which is limited to the axial skeleton and proximal humeri and femurs in normal adults. Nuclear medicine of the painful joint replacement by Palestro, Christopher J.; Love, Charito; Marwin, Scott E. / Applied Radiology Rickettsia are gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacteria that are able to invade various eukaryotic host cells such as reticuloendothelial cells and vascular endothelial cells in vertebrates, and epithelial cells in their invertebrate arthropod vectors. Fatal spotted fever rickettsiosis, Kenya by Rosenberg, Ronald / Emerging Infectious Diseases			reticular fibers, connective tissue reticular formation reticular membrane reticular nuclei reticular substance reticular tissue reticular1 reticular2 reticulate body reticulated reticulated bone reticulated pigmented poikiloderma reticulation reticulation film fault reticulemia reticulin reticulitis reticulo- reticulo-omasal orifice reticulocerebellar tract reticulocyte reticulocyte count reticulocytopenia reticulocytosis reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial cells reticuloendothelial system reticuloendothelioma reticuloendotheliosis reticuloendotheliosis, nonlipid reticuloendothelium reticulogranular reticulohistiocytoma reticulohistiocytosis reticulohistocytic reticulopenia reticuloperitonitis reticulopodium reticuloruminal contractions reticulosarcoma reticulosis reticulospinal reticulospinal tract reticulum reticulum cell sarcoma retiform retiform tissue retin- Retin-A retina retinaculum			Reticulocyte count Reticulocyte count Reticulocyte count Reticulocyte production index reticulocyte production index (RPI) reticulocyte production index (RPI) reticulocyte production index (RPI) reticulocyte response reticulocyte response reticulocyte response reticulocyte response Reticulocytes Reticulocytes Reticulocytes reticulocytic reticulocytic reticulocytic reticulocytopenia reticulocytopenia reticulocytosis reticulocytosis reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial reticuloendothelial cell reticuloendothelial cell reticuloendothelial cell reticuloendothelial cell reticuloendothelial cells reticuloendothelial granuloma reticuloendothelial granuloma reticuloendothelial granuloma reticuloendothelial granulomatosis reticuloendothelial system reticuloendothelial system reticuloendothelial system reticuloendothelial system reticuloendothelial system reticuloendothelial system Reticuloendothelial System RES Reticuloendothelial systems Reticuloendothelial systems Reticuloendothelial systems reticuloendothelioma reticuloendothelioma reticuloendothelioma reticuloendotheliosis reticuloendotheliosis Reticuloendotheliosis Virus reticuloendotheliosis, nonlipid reticuloendothelium reticuloendothelium reticulogranular reticulohistiocytic granuloma reticulohistiocytic granuloma reticulohistiocytic granuloma reticulohistiocytoma reticulohistiocytoma reticulohistiocytosis

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