11. The oxidized LDL accumulates in the macrophages and other phagocytes, which are then known as foam cells . 12. The formation of foam cells and their continued accumulation in the intima lead to the formation of fatty streaks. 13. After they accumulate large amounts of cytoplasmic membranes ( with associated high cholesterol content ) they are called foam cells . 14. Scavenger receptors typically are found on macrophages, with cholesterol laden macrophages being better known as " foam cells ". 15. Foam cells are the body's way of trying to get rid of bad cholesterol from the blood vessels.16. The immune system's specialized white blood cells ( macrophages ) absorb the oxidized LDL, forming specialized foam cells . 17. Foam cells are formed when the body sends macrophages to the location of a fatty deposit on the blood vessel walls.18. Foam cells do not give off any explicit signs or symptoms, but they are part of the origin of atherosclerosis.19. Atherosclerosis is caused by the accumulation of macrophages containing cholesterol ( foam cells ) in artery walls ( in the intima ). 20. In Germany he became the first to describe the cholesterinesterphagozyten, which derive from macrophages and today are known as foam cells .
