Macrophage (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

Macrophage

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This is a 3-D rendering of two cells: The green is a macrophage infected with bacteria; the red is an uninfected cell. The image captures the process of trogocytosis -- the transfer of cytoplasmic material between infected and uninfected cells.

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Kawula lab, UNC School of Medicine

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