Macrophages mediate a limited-specificity ... program constituting an inflammatory response, the binding and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells results in a non- (or anti-) inflammatory response.

These aged macrophages exhibited diminished phagocytosis, the process of engulfing foreign particles, and impaired chemotaxis ...

Wu and colleagues confirmed that cultured-microglia-carrying lipid droplets struggled with phagocytosis, poorly engulfing ...

Immunohistochemical localization of oxPL contrast agent within atherosclerotic plaque confirmed selective accumulation in macrophages. Phagocytosis of oxPL in human macrophages involves α v β 3 ...

Resting macrophages are phagocytic, but macrophages activated by both intrinsic and extrinsic stimuli acquire a broad range of functions ranging from the release of reactive oxygen and nitrogen ...