obsolete macrophage [FBbt_00001686]

Hemocyte that shows phagocytic activity. Morphologically, these cells are plasmatocytes (Tepass et al., 1994; Sorrentino et al., 2002). They only differentiate from plasmatocytes in embryos and at metamorphosis.

obsolete macrophage

ID: FBbt_00001686

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Hemocyte that shows phagocytic activity. Morphologically, these cells are plasmatocytes (Tepass et al., 1994; Sorrentino et al., 2002). They only differentiate from plasmatocytes in embryos and at metamorphosis.

Obsoleted as authors use the terms 'macrophage' and 'plasmatocyte' interchangeably. Plasmatocytes with macrophage-like activity don't seem distinguishable from the bulk of plasmatocytes.

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