Assertion: monocyte | /r/CapableOf | play important role
Facets:
value: in immune defense
type: PURPOSE
value: by sensing their local environment
type: MANNER
value: in inflammation
type: OTHER
value: in homeostasis
type: LOCATION
value: as macrophages
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: As macrophages, monocytes play an important role of eliminating foreign material, tumorous cells and microorganisms through a process known as phagocytosis.
text: Monocytes play an important role in immune defense, inflammation, and homeostasis by sensing their local environment, clearing pathogens and dead cells, and initiating adaptive immunity, as well as providing a progenitor pool that contributes to inflammatory DCs and replenishes some tissue macrophages [ 1 – 4 ].