alternatively activated macrophage
An elicited macrophage characterized by low production of pro-inflammatory and Th1 polarizing cytokines and high expression of arginase-1, and associated with tissue remodelling. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20510870 ]
Term info
alternatively activated macrophage
Role or process: tissue remodeling.
cell
M2 macrophage
Term relations
- elicited macrophage and has_part some arginase-1 and capable of some tissue remodeling