Alveolar macrophages develop from fetal monocytes that differentiate into long-lived cells in the first week of life via GM-CSF
Alveolar macrophages differentiate from fetal monocytes in a GM-CSF–dependent fashion and colonize the alveolar space within a few days after birth.
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782041/ |