Macrophages in the embryo and beyond: Much more than just giant phagocytes

✍ Scribed by Dmitry A. Ovchinnikov

• Book ID: 102156224
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 258 KB
• Volume: 46
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1526-954X
• DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20495

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Macrophages in a “MacBlue” mouse embryo at 12 days post coitus, visualized by the expression of enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (ECFP) from a bi‐partite (Csf1r‐Gal4/UAS‐ECFP) transgene. Macrophages are interspersed throughout the embryo, with the highest concentration in the embryonic liver; they are also abundant around the developing heart, brain and eyes. See the review by Ovchinnikov in this issue.