TY - CHAP AU - Hamczyk, Magda R. AU - Villa-Bellosta, Ricardo AU - Andres, Vicente PY - 2015 DO - 10.1007/978-1-4939-2929-0_16 SN - 978-1-4939-2928-3 SN - 1064-3745 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7949 AB - The key roles of macrophages in atherosclerosis include the phagocytosis of apoptotic and necrotic cells and cell debris, whose accumulation in atherosclerotic lesions exacerbates inflammation and promotes plaque vulnerability. Evidence is... LA - eng PB - Springer KW - Complement component 3 KW - IgG KW - IgM KW - Macrophage KW - Opsonization KW - Phagocytosis KW - Red blood cells KW - Animals KW - Atherosclerosis KW - Cell Separation KW - Cells, Cultured KW - Erythrocytes KW - Macrophage Activation KW - Macrophages KW - Mice KW - Phenotype KW - Sheep KW - Phagocytosis KW - Primary Cell Culture TI - In Vitro Macrophage Phagocytosis Assay TY - book part ER -