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elicited macrophage

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A macrophage which develops from an inflammatory monocyte and is recruited into the tissues in response to injury and infection as part of an inflammatory response. Markers include CD11b-positive, CD68-positive, and F4/80-positive. [ GOC:tfm GOC:add GOC:ana http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15771589 ]

Synonyms: wandering histiocyte, free macrophage