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How do macrophages start an immune response in the body?
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They don't: They get summoned to an area where there is an inflammation by certain signals from the immune system, and they deal with situation at hand, their main job is to contain damage and digest foreign or damaged cells, in a nutshell
Answered 10/15/2015
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