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Macrophage reaction against biomaterials in the mouse model - Phenotypes, functions and markers.
Acta biomaterialia - 1 Oct 2016
Klopfleisch R
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The foreign body reaction (FBR) is a response of the host tissue against more or less degradation-resistant foreign macromolecular material. The reaction is divided into five different phases which involve most aspects of the innate and the adaptive immune system: protein adsorption, acute and chronic inflammation, foreign body giant cell formation and fibrosis. It is long known, that macrophages play...
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