%0 journal article
%@ 1386-0291
%A Vijaya Bhaskar, T.B., Ma, N., Lendlein, A., Roch, T.

%D 2015
%J Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation
%N 2
%P 119-133 
%R doi:10.3233/CH-151991
%T The interaction of human macrophage subsets with silicone as a biomaterial
%U https://doi.org/10.3233/CH-151991
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%X Conclusively, it was shown that silicone has the ability to induce a pro-inflammatory state to different magnitudes dependent on the macrophage subsets. This priming of the macrophage phenotype by silicone could explain the incidence of severe foreign body complications observed in vivo.