1. Overview of the Immune System
Macrophages play a central role in the immune response, since they are important for both innate and adaptive systems. ... Macrophages migrate into the inflamed site without a stimulus, they phagocytosis pathogens and release cytokines and chemokine's to attract other leukocytes to the site i.e. neutrophils and monocytes. ... Furthermore, macrophages secrete IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha that function in initiating the inflammatory response by attracting other leukocytes to the site and assist in activating the T lymphocytes. ... This is the antigen presentation (AP) function of ma...
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