In response to fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries, a type of phagocyte called a macrophage identifies the growing lesions as trouble spots and infiltrates them, swelling and destabilizing the deposits. (discovermagazine.com)
Some evidence suggests that neutrophils continue to act as phagocytes in the infant's gut. (kellymom.com)
People born with CGD lack an enzyme called phagocyte NADPH oxidase, which white blood cells use to make the hydrogen peroxide needed to kill microbial invaders. (sciencemag.org)