Talk:Macrophage

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Contents 1 Cleanup! 2 But what are they? 3 Pronunciation? 4 Macrophage division...??? 5 Image caption 6 "A Series of changes" 7 need abbreviations that professors use for macrophages

[edit] Cleanup!

This isn't coherent at all. - Cymydog Naakka 11:22, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] But what are they?

Is each macrophage a white blood cell? -- postglock 15:52, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

Answer: YES

[edit] Pronunciation?

What is the proper pronunciation of "macrophage"? I have heard it pronounced as "macro-phayge" as well as "macro-phawge". Is the difference regional, or simply in error?

The former is the most common by far. JFW | T@lk 00:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

• Feel free to add IPA pronunciation to the article, I don't know how to do it myself. --Obli (Talk)^? 00:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Macrophage division...???

What i know is that macrophages are of no division...

but this link :

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2836521&dopt=Abstract

from public medicine...shows the opposite.

please if you have updated informations support me with 'em

Mohammad Abul-wafa

[edit] Image caption

I don't know much about the projection of macrophages, but is that macrophage actually trying to get two particles in one go? The directions of the "arms" looks more like it is focussing on the one "straight in front". // habj 10:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "A Series of changes"

-There is not enough information about the maturation process from monocyte to macrophage. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Owz182 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 2 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] need abbreviations that professors use for macrophages

Isn't there a couple accepted abbreviations for macrophages? like M(then a greek letter?). What are they? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.151.241.4 (talk) 01:18, 3 February 2007 (UTC).