Unique proteomic signatures distinguish macrophages and dendritic cells.

Monocytes differentiate into heterogeneous populations of tissue macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) that regulate inflammation and immunity. Identifying specific populations of myeloid cells in vivo is problematic, however, because only a limited number of proteins have been used to assign cellul...

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Main Authors: Lev Becker, Ning-Chun Liu, Michelle M Averill, Wei Yuan, Nathalie Pamir, Yufeng Peng, Angela D Irwin, Xiaoyun Fu, Karin E Bornfeldt, Jay W Heinecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3299764?pdf=render