abnormal macrophage activation involved in immune response
abnormal macrophage antigen presentation +
abnormal macrophage apoptosis +
abnormal macrophage chemotaxis +
abnormal macrophage cytokine production +
abnormal macrophage nitric oxide production +
abnormal macrophage proliferation +
abnormal microglial cell physiology +
any functional anomaly of the small, migratory, phagocytic, interstitial cells derived from myeloid progenitor cells and found in the parenchyma of the central nervous system; microglia are scavengers, engulfing dead cells and other debris, and in Alzheimer's disease, microglia are found associated with dying nerve cells and amyloid plaques