A macrophage is a type of white blood cell that helps protect the body from harmful bacteria and other foreign substances. It engulfs and destroys these invaders by ingesting them. Full definition
Our data in humans and mice show that adipocyte size is a strong predictor of the percentage of macrophages in adipose tissue (Figure 3e). (jci.org)
What Litvak found is that the MeCP2 gene is responsible for establishing a threshold for the activation of macrophages in the presence of stimuli and stressors such as hypoxia, corticosteroids and inflammation. (sciencedaily.com)
Previous studies have pointed to immune cells called macrophages as the primary immune cell responsible for engulfing and breaking down nerve debris. (sciencedaily.com)