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The phenotypic and functional properties of mouse yolk-sac-derived embryonic macrophages.
Developmental biology - 1 Oct 2018
Yosef Nejla, Vadakkan Tegy J, Park June-Hee, Poché Ross A, Thomas Jean-Leon, Dickinson Mary E
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Macrophages are well characterized as immune cells. However, in recent years, a multitude of non-immune functions have emerged many of which play essential roles in a variety of developmental processes (Wynn et al., 2013; DeFalco et al., 2014). In adult animals, macrophages are derived from circulating monocytes originating in the bone marrow, but much of the tissue-resident population arise from erythro-myeloid...
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