Article
Ontogenetic development, differentiation, and phenotypic expression of macrophages in fetal rat lungs.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 May 1992
Higashi K, Naito M, Takeya M, Ando M, Araki S, Takahashi K
Abstract excerpt
Development, differentiation, and distribution of macrophages in fetal rat lungs were investigated immunohistochemically using anti-rat macrophage monoclonal antibodies. In the lung buds, RM-1+ macrophages were first detected on fetal day 13, and some showed reactivity for TRPM-2. They populated...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigens, Differentiation
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Female
- Fetus
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung
- Macrophages, Alveolar
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
