Changes in macrophage function and morph
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Loren A. Matheson; J. Paul Santerre; Rosalind S. Labow
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Monocytes are recruited to the material surface of an implanted biomedical device recognizing it as a foreign body. Differentiation into macrophages subsequently occurs followed by fusion to form foreign body giant cells (FBGCs). Consequently, implants can become degraded, cause chronic inflammation