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A novel phenotype for an activated macrophage: the type 2 activated macrophage.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Jul 2002
Anderson Charles F, Mosser David M
Abstract excerpt
Activated macrophages were used as antigen presenting cells (APCs) to determine the extent to which these APCs could influence an adaptive immune response. We show that activated macrophages induced a strong polarized Th1-like T cell response that was predominated by IFN-gamma. However, when antigen was targeted to Fcgamma receptors on these macrophages, their phenotype changed, and they now induced a T cell...
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