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What is a monocyte?

What is a monocyte? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (immunology) A type of blood leukocyte that differentiates into a macrophage.
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It induces the production of nitric oxide and inhibits the activation of monocyte chemoattractant protein.
The other main type of scavenger cell is the macrophage, the mature form of the monocyte.
Macrophages also are found in all tissues as wandering amoeboid cells, and the monocyte, a precursor of the macrophage, is found in the blood.
The research results showed that the bacteria in cultured monocyte with extract of the pericarp of the mangosteen fruit was killed.
Fluorescent image of a human monocyte that has been infected with a poxvirus.
The inflammatory mediators signal eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil, and monocyte infiltration.

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