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   Who was Élie Metchnikoff?

   • The year 2016 marks 100 years since the death of Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916), the Russian zoologist who pioneered the study of cellular immunology and who is widely credited with the discovery of phagocytosis, for which he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908.

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   What did Metchnikoff discover?

   • He and his family moved again to Italy. Metchnikoff’s celebrated discovery took place in Messina in 1882: He noticed that certain cells in starfish larvae (Coelenterata) surrounded and engulfed foreign particles during digestion process. He reproduced the same cell behavior by inserting small thorns from garden plants inside the larvae.

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   Why did Elie Metchnikoff get a Nobel Prize?

   • On 11 December 1908, Elie Metchnikoff (also known as Ilya Mechnikov; 1845–1916) and Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915) were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize “in recognition of their work on immunity” 1, 2. This event made it official: immunology had become a discipline in its own right.

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   What did Metchnikoff discover about migratory cells?

   • In 1883 (published in 1884), in a landmark experiment, Metchnikoff described migratory cells of mesodermal origin 'programmed' to attack foreign material 9. He challenged starfish larvae ( Hydra) with a thorn to stimulate its phagocytes to attack the foreign insult.

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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Elie-MetchnikoffÉlie Metchnikoff | Biography, Career & Discovery of Phagocytes

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   5 days ago · Élie Metchnikoff was a Russian-born zoologist and microbiologist who received (with Paul Ehrlich) the 1908 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his discovery in animals of amoeba-like cells that engulf foreign bodies such as bacteria—a phenomenon known as phagocytosis and a fundamental part.

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   Honoured as the "father of innate immunity", Metchnikoff was the first to discover a process of immunity called phagocytosis and the cell responsible for it, called phagocyte, specifically macrophage, in 1882.

   • Died: 15 July 1916 (aged 71), Paris, France

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   Aug 1, 2016 · The year 2016 marks 100 years since the death of Élie Metchnikoff (1845–1916), the Russian zoologist who pioneered the study of cellular immunology and who is widely credited with the...

   • Author: David M. Underhill, Siamon Gordon, Beat A. Imhof, Gabriel Núñez, Philippe Bousso

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   Jul 1, 2008 · Metchnikoff discovered phagocytosis by macrophages and microphages as a critical host-defense mechanism and thus is considered the father of cellular innate immunity.

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7. www.cell.com › cell › articlePhagocytosis: The Legacy of Metchnikoff: Cell - Cell Press

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   Aug 25, 2016 · Main Text. The life and work of Elie Metchnikoff (1845–1916) is a study of contrasts, pessimism followed by optimism, from Imperial Russia to the Pasteur Institute, comparative embryology to experimental pathology. And yet his discovery of the significance of phagocytosis reveals an underlying continuity, which serves as a thread from ...

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8. www.frontiersin.org › journals › public-healthA Journey with Elie Metchnikoff: From Innate Cell Mechanisms ...

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   Jun 15, 2016 · Originally a zoologist, Metchnikoff started his impressive scientific work as a developmental embryologist under the strong influence of Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” published in the year 1859. By describing phagocytes and phagocytosis, he discovered one of the most intriguing mechanisms of innate immunity.

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   Jan 1, 2017 · Metchnikoff’s celebrated discovery took place in Messina in 1882: He noticed that certain cells in starfish larvae (Coelenterata) surrounded and engulfed foreign particles during digestion process. He reproduced the same cell behavior by inserting small thorns from garden plants inside the larvae.