Macrophages are one of the three types of phagocyte in the immune system and are distributed widely in body tissues, where they play a critical part in innate immunity.

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• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

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• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

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• immune system concept
• macrophages concept
• phagocytes concept