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A subpopulation of peritoneal macrophages form capillarylike lumens and branching patterns in vitro.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Anghelina Mirela, Moldovan Leni, Zabuawala Tahera, Ostrowski M C, Moldovan N I
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OBJECTIVE: We have previously shown that monocytes/macrophages (MC/Mph) influence neovascularization by extracellular matrix degradation, and by direct incorporation into growing microvessels. To date, neither the phenotype of these cells, nor the stages of their capillary-like conversion were sufficiently characterized. METHODS: We isolated mouse peritoneal Mph from transgenic mice expressing fluorescent...
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