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macrophage [′mak·rə‚fāj] (histology) A large phagocyte of the reticuloendothelial system. Also known as a histiocyte. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The results showed that the levels of blood serum nicotine, alveolar macrophage, hexanoyl-lysine and spleen lymphocytes were kept low in the group fed with the kale-added feed. But if a person's immune defenses become weakened, the bacteria can escape their macrophage jails and spread to other cells--causing the cough, fever, and malaise that mark active TB, Kaufmann says. 1999) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2; Driscoll et al. |
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