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exits blood stream and becomes
Hunting
Neutrophil
ICAM
Endothelial
Cell
activates
Sliding
Neutrophil
kills
LPS
collides with
and becomes
releases
on death
Endothelial
Cell
becomes
Bacteria
activates
Selectin
Endothelial
Cell
collides with
and becomes
kills
TNF
Neutrophil
Macrophage
Fig. 6.
Bacterial Infection: A summary of the interaction network between bacteria,
macrophages, neutrophils, and endothelial cells that line the blood vessel
(a) t = 14.0
(b) t = 17.6
(c) t = 37.2
(d) t = 71.7
Fig. 7.
Fighting Bacterial Infection: (a) macrophages attacking bacteria, (b) endothe-
lial cells, neutrophils and red blood cells inside the blood vessel, (c) neutrophils (blue)
on their hunt for bacteria, (d) all bacteria have been eliminated
