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If you had a type of cancer that involved the immune cells in your central nervous system that ingest intruders (similar to how macrophages function in the peripheral body), what cell would be affected?

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Phagocytes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Phagocytes are the cells which would be affected by the cancer that involved the immune cells in our central nervous system that ingest intruders. If the cells that ingested intruders also turn into cancer cells then there is decrease occur in the number of Phagocytes and the body's immune system get weaken and unable to defend the body against pathogens. Phagocytes are a type of white blood cells that use phagocytosis method to engulf bacteria, foreign particles, and dying cells to protect the body.

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