Editing Macrophage (section)

=== Role in limb regeneration ===
Scientists have elucidated that as well as eating up material debris, macrophages are involved in the typical [[limb regeneration]] in the salamander.<ref name="macr20130523">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/23/4358418/salamander-macrophages-could-aid-limb-regeneration|title=Scientists identify cell that could hold the secret to limb regeneration| vauthors = Souppouris A  |date=2013-05-23|publisher=the verge.com|quote=Researchers have identified a cell that aids limb regrowth in Salamanders. Macrophages are a type of repairing cell that devour dead cells and pathogens, and trigger other immune cells to respond to pathogens.}}</ref><ref name="Macrpnas2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = Godwin JW, Pinto AR, Rosenthal NA | title = Macrophages are required for adult salamander limb regeneration | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume = 110 | issue = 23 | pages = 9415–9420 | date = June 2013 | pmid = 23690624 | pmc = 3677454 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.1300290110 | doi-access = free | bibcode = 2013PNAS..110.9415G }}</ref> They found that removing the macrophages from a [[salamander]] resulted in failure of limb regeneration and a scarring response.<ref name=macr20130523/><ref name=Macrpnas2013/>