"Macrophage cells" are a type of white blood cells in our body that help protect us from getting sick. They have a big role in our immune system and their main job is to find and destroy harmful things like bacteria and viruses that enter our body.
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HeLa cells were infected with supernatant from the murine macrophage cell line RAW264.7 (ATCC, Manassas, VI) known to express polytropic and ecotropic MuLV (PMLV and EMLV, respectively). (retrovirology.biomedcentral.com)
Borgeson said one of lipoxin A4's key mechanisms of action is to switch the phenotype of the fat tissue macrophage cells from inflammatory to anti-inflammatory. (sciencedaily.com)
These findings also have implications for treatment of cancer and other disorders, such as obesity, in which M2 macrophage cells play a regulatory role in tumor growth and fat deposition. (sciencedaily.com)