Article
Macrophage heterogeneity: a personal scientific journey.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jun 2012
Gordon Siamon
Abstract excerpt
Although already evident from the earliest days of macrophage research, the diversity of macrophage distribution, morphology, and function continues to attract immunologists interested in their role in physiology and disease. Contemporary tools of cellular and molecular analysis have begun to unravel their versatile and adaptable gene expression, the result of differentiation and modulation by their environment....
Topics
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Cell Biology
- Cell Differentiation
- Cellular Microenvironment
- Gene Expression Regulation
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Humans
- Macrophages
- Phenotype
