Specialized functions of resident macrophages in brain and heart

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 743-756

  Nicolás Ávila, Jose Angel ^a   Hidalgo, Andrés ^a   Ballesteros, Iván ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

brain; circulatory cardiac; innate cell mediated immunity; monocytes macrophages; myeloid cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE-RELATED GENE; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MONOCYTE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SPECIALIZATION; STEADY STATE; SYNAPSE; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SYNAPSES; YOLK SAC;

EID: 85054147412     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/JLB.6MR0118-041R     Document Type: Review

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