Article
Characterization of the tissue macrophage and the interstitial dendritic cell as distinct leukocytes normally resident in the connective tissue of rat heart.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Jun 1990
Spencer S C, Fabre J W
Abstract excerpt
Immunohistological studies with a mouse anti-rat macrophage mAb (BMAC-5) demonstrated the presence of numerous positive cells in the interstitial connective tissues of many organs. The pattern resembled that seen with anti-MHC class II antibodies, with the striking exception that BMAC-5+ cells we...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Connective Tissue Cells
- Dendritic Cells
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Leukocytes
- Macrophages
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Myocardium
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Strains