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lymph node tingible body macrophage

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A lymph node macrophage found in the cortex of lymph nodes, in particular in and around the germinal centers, and that participates in phagocytosis of apoptotic B cells from the germinal centers. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19631584 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 ]