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macrophage
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macrophage [′mak·rə‚fāj]
(histology)
A large phagocyte of the reticuloendothelial system. Also known as a histiocyte.
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Abstract Macrophagic myofasciitis was first reported in 1998.
Vocal fold deposits in macrophagic myofasciitis by O'Sullivan, Peter / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
They also argued that the persistence of the glass fibers in the bronchial tree is correlated to the process of macrophagic phagocytosis and to the production of toxic oxygen radicals and SOD, which contribute to the inflammatory process.
Changes induced by exposure of the human lung to glass ... by Abbate, Simona / Environmental Health Perspectives
Activated glial cells have macrophagic activity and are primed to respond to the virus, therefore allowing the display of immune-mediated neuropathologic changes that reflect conditions in the natural CNS host cells.
Molecular mechanisms of West Nile virus pathogenesis in brain cells by Ng, Mah-Lee / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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