| Literature DB >> 22847772 |
Ingo Hilgendorf1, Filip K Swirski.
Abstract
Monocytes are frequently described as bone marrow-derived precursors of macrophages. Although many studies support this view, we now appreciate that monocytes neither develop exclusively in the bone marrow nor give rise to all macrophages and dendritic cells. In addition to differentiating to specific leukocyte populations, monocytes, as monocytes, are functionally and ontogenically heterogeneous. In this review we will focus on the development and activity of monocytes and their subsets in mice (Ly-6 C(high/low)) and humans (CD14(+/dim/-) CD16(+/-)) in the context of atherosclerosis and its complications.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22847772 PMCID: PMC3436972 DOI: 10.1007/s11883-012-0274-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Atheroscler Rep ISSN: 1523-3804 Impact factor: 5.113