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The 25 pages that link to Macrophage, each with the reason it gives.

• Wound healingRelated: Macrophages help shift the wound from debris clearance toward tissue formation.

• AtherosclerosisRelated: Macrophages take up modified lipoproteins and can become lipid-laden foam cells.

• Nitric oxideRelated: Some macrophages produce NO as part of antimicrobial defense.

• OsteoclastRelated: Osteoclasts share developmental ancestry and molecular features with macrophages.

• Innate immune systemBroader topic: Macrophages detect local danger, consume microbes, and shape the surrounding response.

• Dendritic cellCompared with: Macrophages often act locally, whereas dendritic cells are especially effective at priming naïve T cells.

• Mycobacterium tuberculosisRelated: M. tuberculosis survives and replicates within macrophages that would ordinarily digest engulfed bacteria.

• Natural killer cellRelated: Macrophages and NK cells exchange signals that shape early responses to infection.

• GranulomaRelated: Macrophages often form the granuloma’s cellular core and recruit other immune cells.

• Cell-mediated immunityRelated: Activated macrophages kill microbes that helper T cells identify as threats.

• FibroblastCompared with: Macrophages primarily defend and clear tissue, while fibroblasts chiefly maintain its matrix.

• AsbestosisRelated: Macrophages attempt to clear fibers but can sustain inflammation and scarring.

• LeishmaniasisRelated: Leishmania survives and multiplies inside these cells.

• MonocyteBroader topic: Many recruited monocytes differentiate into macrophages after entering tissues.

• Élie MetchnikoffBroader topic: Modern immunology identified macrophages as major counterparts of the phagocytes in Metchnikoff’s theory.

• Gaucher diseaseNarrower topic: Macrophages are the principal cells in which Gaucher substrate accumulates.

• LeishmaniaRelated: Leishmania survives and replicates inside macrophages rather than being eliminated by them.

• Nitric oxide synthaseRelated: Inflammatory signals can induce its nitric oxide synthase to help restrict pathogens.

• Chronic granulomatous diseaseBroader topic: Macrophages participate in microbial control and granuloma formation.

• Antigen-presenting cellBroader topic: Macrophages present material they ingest, especially to T cells in inflamed tissues.

• PhagocyteBroader topic: Macrophages are prominent resident phagocytes in many tissues.

• Legionella pneumophilaRelated: L. pneumophila survives and multiplies within these lung immune cells.

• African swine fever virusRelated: Macrophages are prominent targets and sites of viral replication.

• Connective tissue cellsBroader topic: Macrophages patrol connective tissues and clear material that threatens or damages them.

• Giant cells (pathology)Narrower topic: Macrophages are the usual cells that fuse to form inflammatory giant cells.