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

These cells play a critical role in the ... compared to those from younger individuals. These aged macrophages exhibited ...

Our approach relied on the well-known ability of macrophages to engulf oxidatively modified lipoproteins and apoptotic cell membranes ... in macrophages. Phagocytosis of oxPL in human macrophages ...

Her training and primary interest is in cell and molecular biology ... cytokine secretion, upregulated phagocytosis, and the ability to participate in the activation of adaptive immune responses.