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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guilliams, Martin, De Kleer, Ismé, Henri, Sandrine, Post, Sijranke, Vanhoutte, Leen, De Prijck, Sofie, Deswarte, Kim, Malissen, Bernard, Hammad, Hamida, Lambrecht, Bart N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3782041/