Risk-neutral measures find extensive application in the pricing of derivatives. Indifference to risk. The risk-neutral investor would be in the middle of the continuum represented by risk-seeking investors at one end, and risk-averse investors at the other extreme. Risk-neutral measures find extensive application in the pricing of derivatives.
Macrophages are highly specialized in removal of dying or dead cells and cellular debris. This role is important in chronic inflammation, as the early stages of inflammation are dominated by neutrophil granulocytes, which are ingested by macrophages if they come of age (see CD31 for a description of this process).
Phagocytosis (phago-cyt-osis) - a process that involves the engulfing of a cell or particle. Macrophages are examples of cells that engulf and destroy foreign substances and cell debris in the body. Thrombosis (thromb-osis) - a condition that involves the formation of blood clots in blood vessels.