title: Macrophage function.
abstract: Macrophages and their secretory products play a central role in host defense against pathogenic microbes in the development of protective immunity, in pathogenesis of septic shock and of acute and chronic infections, and in the pathophysiology of wound healing, tissue remodeling, and fibrosis. This review provides a bird's-eye view of the vast literature of the macrophage.
authors.affiliation: Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1736.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ganz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*