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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 in the peribronchial mesenchyme of the lung buds, proliferated in loco, and showed no peroxidase activity in any...
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