If you want to know your body, but don't like boring popular science preaching, you might as well check out this entertaining and educational Japanese animation - "Working Cell".
As a popular science animation, "Working Cell" adopts the method of cell anthropomorphism, imagining a person's body as a huge workplace, telling the story of a group of "hit worker" cells, in order to maintain the normal operation of this body, endlessly running and fighting.
Inside, there is the rash and panicked newcomer Miss Red Blood Cell, as well as the cute platelet sister, and the wooden and calm white blood cell brother...
The interesting anthropomorphic elements tell the otherwise complex and obscure human immune system interestingly and vividly.
Although the knowledge of animation science is not so rigorous, we can still learn a lot of knowledge related to our own body.
Last week, the theatrical version of the animation was released, and the editor felt good after watching it.
Perhaps through this animation, we can intuitively understand how those invisible cells defend human health.
At the beginning of the movie, the general cell encounters 4 cute and loving little bacteria, and takes them in out of kindness.
The four small bacteria are basically the same in size, but different in color, namely black, red, panda (that is, the color is black and white like a panda), and spots (that is, the yellow color body has blue spots).
After hiding, they are still caught by white blood cells (neutrophils) whose duty is to remove invading bacteria and viruses from the outside.
When the white blood cells are ready to dispose of the bacterial larvae, they are attacked by Helicobacter pylori. Because the surrounding environment is stomach acid, so the white blood cells to take Helicobacter pylori is also a bit of a rut.
The stomach environment is highly acidic and most bacteria cannot survive, so why can Helicobacter pylori?
Because of its special structure, Helicobacter pylori's flagella can help it pass through the mucus layer formed by gastric acid, destroy the gastric mucosa, and multiply in a relatively neutral environment below the gastric mucosa.
The gastric mucosa itself acts as a barrier to protect the underlying tissues from gastric acid. However, when Helicobacter pylori is infected, the gastric mucosa is destroyed, and the stomach acid can contact the gastric tissue, which will cause ulcers.
As a result, one of the larvae of the bacteria jumped into stomach acid, not only did not suffer harm but also grew rapidly, causing damage to Helicobacter pylori and driving it away.
White blood cells realized that these bacteria were lactic acid bacteria! Lactic acid bacteria are beneficial to the human body.
What is lactic acid bacteria
Lactic acid bacteria are a general term for many kinds of bacteria. These bacteria break down sugar in order to get the energy they need to grow, producing large amounts of lactic acid.
Of course, in real life, if you are really infected with Helicobacter pylori, it is still recommended that you go to the gastroenterology department of a regular hospital for standardized treatment, and lactic acid bacteria alone are still not enough drops.
The panda lactic acid bacteria are in the stomach with their companions, and the white blood cells decide to escort the remaining lactic acid bacteria to the companions with the general cells.
When passing through the small intestine, due to the wrong operation of the small intestine cells, a lot of purines are absorbed, which is very harmful to the human body.
Purine is the product of nucleic acid catabolism of cells in the human body, which can be obtained by eating seafood, animal offal, soy products and other foods. Under normal circumstances, after entering the human body, purines will be decomposed into uric acid in the liver and small intestine, and then excreted through the kidneys or intestines.
However, after the human body ingests a large amount of purines, the decomposed uric acid enters the bloodstream before it is excreted, and it will accumulate at the joint to form uric acid crystals, causing joint inflammation, causing pain and even joint stiffness and deformity, which is what we call "gout", and the crystals of uric acid at the joint are also called "tophi".
Just when everyone was worried, another lactic acid bacteria in the arms of the cell king jumped on the purine and began to eat the purine. Then the companion of this lactic acid bacteria also came, and the pile of purines was completely eaten, and finally the lactic acid bacteria also joined the ranks of his companions.
It turns out that this is a pa-3 lactic acid bacteria, which is able to break down and absorb purines, making it difficult for the body to absorb directly. Are gout people moved?
Later in the journey, harmful bacteria invaded the large intestine in large quantities, and with the help of beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria, immune cells successfully defeated harmful bacteria.
The unexpected ending of the story makes it clear to us that probiotics have so many benefits for our bodies. It can not only inhibit the harmful bacteria in the intestine, but also play a role in anti-inflammatory, inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, and protect the gastrointestinal mucosa.
Therefore, we must maintain a good life and eating habits to maintain the balance of the intestinal flora.
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