Article
Mechanisms generating functionally heterogeneous macrophages: chaos revisited.
Journal of leukocyte biology - 1 May 1993
Rutherford M S, Witsell A, Schook L B
Abstract excerpt
Macrophage populations exhibit a wide range of antigenic and functional phenotypes, including cytokine production, response to immunomodulatory stimuli, and clearance of pathogens. The expanding clinical exploitation of recombinant growth factors and cytokines with the potential to regulate the p...
Topics
- Animals
- Bone Marrow
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Hematopoiesis
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Humans
- Macrophages
- Phenotype