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Characterize the cellular diversity, functional roles, and developmental origins of interstitial macrophages and tissue monocytes in murine lungs.

September 3, 2019Nature CommunicationsOpen Access

Non-classical tissue monocytes and two functionally distinct populations of interstitial macrophages populate the mouse lung

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JSJoey SchynsUniversity of Liège QBQiang BaïInserm CRCecilia RuscittiUniversity of Liège

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Animal study reveals non-classical monocytes and distinct interstitial macrophage subsets in mouse lungs, highlighting pathways for targeted macrophage therapies.

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Characterize the cellular diversity, functional roles, and developmental origins of interstitial macrophages and tissue monocytes in murine lungs.
Phenotyped myeloid mononuclear cell populations within mouse lung tissue to distinguish monocyte and macrophage lineages.
Investigated the developmental pathways and lineage relationships of lung interstitial macrophage subsets.
Identified non-classical tissue monocytes alongside two functionally distinct populations of interstitial macrophages residing in the lung.
Delineated a distinct ontogenic pathway responsible for the development of one interstitial macrophage subset to inform future macrophage-targeted therapies.

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Schyns et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff65c62ff633f3657781f2 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11843-0

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Animal study reveals non-classical monocytes and distinct interstitial macrophage subsets in mouse lungs, highlighting pathways for targeted macrophage therapies.

Non-classical tissue monocytes and two functionally distinct populations of interstitial macrophages populate the mouse lung

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Non-classical tissue monocytes and two functionally distinct populations of interstitial macrophages populate the mouse lung

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