Sentences with phrase «engulfed by the macrophages»

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More recently, however, researchers have suggested that macrophages — specialized immune cells that reside in the dermis — are attracted to the wound inflicted by the tattoo needle and gobble up the tattoo pigment just as they would normally engulf an invading pathogen or piece of a dying cell.

Moreover, the idea that the brain was isolated from immune reactions was challenged long ago by insights about microglia cells, a type of macrophage which resides in the brain, engulfs antigens, and produces pro-inflammatory signaling molecules called cytokines.

The virus is engulfed by cells of the immune system called macrophages.