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Macrophage progenitors from mouse bone marrow and spleen differ in their expression of the Ly-6C differentiation antigen

  • J. M. McCormack
  • , P. J.M. Leenen
  • , W. S. Walker*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • St. Jude Children Research Hospital

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Abstract

Using mAb and magnetic and fluorescence-activated cell sorting, together with culturing in semisolid culture medium, we show that essentially all splenic macrophage progenitors are Ly-6C(hi)Mac-1-. By contrast, bone marrow macrophage progenitors were more heterogeneous in Ly-6C expression, the majority being restricted to the Ly-6C(dim)Mac-1- and the Ly-6C-Mac-1- subsets. These findings provide immunophenotype evidence that macrophages in the spleen and bone marrow arise from different progenitors.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6389-6398
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Immunology
Volume151
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 1993
Externally publishedYes

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