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Surface phenotype analysis of human monocyte to macrophage maturation.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 Jun 1990
Andreesen R, Brugger W, Scheibenbogen C, Kreutz M, Leser H G, Rehm A, Löhr G W
Abstract excerpt
Cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system arise from circulating blood monocytes. Upon emigration from the vasculature, monocytes differentiate into macrophages, a process that monocytes similarly undergo in vitro. We have established primary cultures from elutriated or adherence-purified blood monocytes and analyzed the antigenic modulation during monocyte to macrophage transformation, which could be followed by...
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