| Literature DB >> 27036090 |
Katrin Kierdorf1, Marco Prinz2, Frederic Geissmann3, Elisa Gomez Perdiguero4.
Abstract
Macrophages are important for tissue development, homeostasis as well as immune response upon injury or infection. For a long time they were only seen as one uniform group of phagocytes with a common origin and similar functions. However, this view has been challenged in the last decade and revealed a complex diversity of tissue resident macrophages. Here, we want to present the current view on macrophage development and tissue specification and we will discuss differences as well as common patterns between heterogeneous macrophage subpopulations.Entities:
Keywords: Erythro-myeloid progenitor; Macrophage; Mononuclear phagocytes; Pulse labeling models; Tissue specification
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27036090 PMCID: PMC4948121 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2016.03.017
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Semin Immunol ISSN: 1044-5323 Impact factor: 11.130