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Descriptor English: Macrophage Activation
Descriptor Spanish: Activación de Macrófagos
Descriptor activación de macrófagos
Scope note: Proceso de alteración de la morfología y de la actividad funcional de macrófagos, de modo que se vuelven ávidamente fagocíticos. Da comienzo por linfocinas , como el factor de activación de macrófagos (FAM) y el factor inhibidor de la migración macrofágica (FIMM), inmunocomplejos, C3b y diversos péptidos, polisacáridos y adyuvantes inmunológicos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ativação de Macrófagos
Descriptor French: Activation des macrophages
Entry term(s): Activation, Macrophage
Activations, Macrophage
Macrophage Activations
Tree number(s): G12.287.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008262
Scope note: The process of altering the morphology and functional activity of macrophages so that they become avidly phagocytic. It is initiated by lymphokines, such as the macrophage activation factor (MAF) and the macrophage migration-inhibitory factor (MMIF), immune complexes, C3b, and various peptides, polysaccharides, and immunologic adjuvants.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Macrophages (1966-1981)
Public MeSH Note: 82
History Note: 82
DeCS ID: 8434
Unique ID: D008262
NLM Classification: QW 690
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Date Established: 1982/01/01
Date of Entry: 1981/05/20
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Macrophage Activation - Preferred
Concept UI M0012869
Scope note The process of altering the morphology and functional activity of macrophages so that they become avidly phagocytic. It is initiated by lymphokines, such as the macrophage activation factor (MAF) and the macrophage migration-inhibitory factor (MMIF), immune complexes, C3b, and various peptides, polysaccharides, and immunologic adjuvants.
Preferred term Macrophage Activation
Entry term(s) Activation, Macrophage
Activations, Macrophage
Macrophage Activations



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