Depletion and reconstitution of macrophages in mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 66, 2012, Pages

  Weisser, Shelley B ^a   van Rooijen, Nico ^b   Sly, Laura M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clodronate containing liposomes; Immunology; Issue 66; Macrophage depletion; Macrophage derivation; Macrophage reconstitution; Macrophages; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868275745     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/4105     Document Type: Article

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