Collagen Dissolving in the Immune System
The police cell leaves the blood vessel in the lung bacteria and other infectious agents in the lung bacteria and other infectious agents The police cell leaves the blood vessel The police cell moves toward the area of infection with the help of collagen-dissolving enzymes The police cell engulfs cells that cause an infection After police cells have passed through, the tissue repairs itself Police cells destroy enveloped bacteria
How Cancer Spreads Metastasis
The collagen-dissolving mechanism also plays a major role in the spread of cancer and the growth of secondary tumors in other organs or parts of the body metastasis . The illustration shows the metastasis of a liver tumor. Small blood vessels provide oxygen and nutrients to tumor cells. The walls of these blood capillaries are not obstacles for a cancer cell. With the help of collagen-digesting enzymes, a cancer cell can eat its way into the lumen of the small blood vessel and into the blood...
Collagen Dissolving in Chronic Inflammation
Collagen-digesting enzymes also play a crucial part in the spread of other diseases. The picture shows an example of a long-term inflammation of the knee joint chronic arthritis . The body's defense cells play a crucial role in the fight against inflammation. As you already know, the defense cells belong to the group of white blood cells leukocytes . Because of their function, these cells are often called the police cells. Especially important in this group in the battle against foreign...
Degradation of Collagen Is a Precondition for the Spread of Diseases
Collagen Dissolving in Infectious Diseases Collagen Dissolving in Cancer How Cancer Spreads Metastasis Collagen Dissolving in Chronic Inflammation Collagen Dissolving in Advanced Atherosclerosis Collagen Dissolving in Infectious Diseases The collagen-dissolving mechanism plays an especially important role in infectious diseases. Without the disruption of the surrounding connective tissue, the agents that cause diseases viruses, bacteria cannot invade the body and spread the disease. The...
Ovulation
One of the most fascinating functions in which the body continuously uses a collagen-dissolving mechanism is the ovulation process in the female body. Monthly hormonal changes in the first half of the female cycle stimulate certain cell types granulocytes , which build the wall around the ripening egg cell follicle . These cells produce large amounts of fluid rich in collagen-digesting enzymes. In the middle of the cycle, the ripened egg contains so much collagen-digesting enzyme that it is...
Matthias Rath MD
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Protection against Infections
The body's basic protection against invaders microbes is secured by the white blood cells police cells . There are several subgroups of white blood cells that perform specific functions in the immune system. Especially important are the macrophages, which can eat and digest invaders. Immature forms of these eating cells, called monocytes, can reach every part of the body through the blood stream. If an infection takes place in a part of the body such as in the lungs, the body releases alarm...