Monitoring of Blood Vessels and Tissues by a Population of Monocytes with Patrolling Behavior

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Summary

It is shown, by direct examination of blood monocyte functions in vivo, that a subset of monocytes patrols healthy tissues through long-range crawling on the resting endothelium, which initiated an early immune response and differentiated into macrophages.

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Published
2007-08-03
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Extravasation, Leukocyte extravasation, Immune system, Monocyte, Immunology

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