Microscopy Images of Macrophages (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)

Microscopy Images of Macrophages

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Microscopy images of macrophages in the process of ingesting another cell or with another cell already in their interior. The images on the right show this process in living tissues, with the phagocytosed cell in green and the macrophage in red. In these examples, the ingested cells are neutrophils.

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CNIC/ Images generated by Jose María Adrover Montemayor (left) and Noelia Alonso González (right).

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