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Development of Monocytes, Macrophages, and Dendritic Cells

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Geissmann, Frederic, Manz, Markus G., Jung, Steffen, Sieweke, Michael H., Merad, Miriam, Ley, Klaus·2010·Science

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Development of Myeloid Immune Cells: As leukocytes develop to maturity, they proceed through an array of phenotypically distinct intermediates. For T and B lymphocyte populations, the different developmental stages, anatomical locations, and cell signals required for progression are well established. However, until recently, much less has been known about how development proceeds in the myeloid lineage, which includes monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic cells. Geissmann et al. (p. 656 ) review our current understanding of myeloid lineage development and describe the developmental pathways and cues that drive differentiation.

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  • IRF8 and CEBPA have been implicated as key regulators of monocyte network.

    “Since IRF8 and CEBPA have been implicated as key regulators of monocyte network, we specifically measured the expression changes after the knockdown (16,18,28,29).”

    From Establishment of single-cell screening system for the rapid identification of transcriptional modulators involved in direct cell reprogramming (2012) · cites this paper as [29]

    In “Transcriptional control of lineage commitment in the mononuclear phagocyte system” (page unavailable), the review says ectopic IRF8 expression can drive monocyte/macrophage fates. It also discusses C/EBPα in a related lineage choice, but describes it as promoting neutrophil fate rather than establishing it as a key regulator of a monocyte network. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Massive circulating monocytes are recruited into the lung and differentiate into macrophages.

    “Massive circulating monocytes are recruited into the lung and differentiate into macrophages 9.”

    From Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase prompts bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by driving macrophage M2 polarization in mice (2024) · cites this paper as [9]

    The Abstract (page not available in our copy) says circulating monocytes can migrate into tissues during infection and differentiate into macrophages during inflammation. It does not say that this occurs specifically in the lung or describe the recruitment as massive. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Infiltrating monocytes expand locally and give rise to macrophages and inflammatory dendritic cells, but are unable to generate resident microglia.

    “These infiltrating monocytes expand locally and give rise to macrophages and inflammatory dendritic cells [390], but they are unable to generate resident microglia.”

    From Revisiting the Pathogenesis of X-Linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (2025) · cites this paper as [390]

    The section ‘Are monocytes effector cells or circulating precursors?’ (page not provided) says inflammatory monocytes give rise to macrophages and dendritic cells, including inflammatory dendritic cells. The cited paper does not say that infiltrating monocytes expand locally. The microglia clause follows the citation and is not attributed to this source by the citing sentence. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The main •NO-emitting cells are macrophages, neutrophils, monocytes, and mature dendritic cells, by expressing iNOS.

    “The main •NO-emitting cells are macrophages, neutrophils, monocytes, and mature dendritic cells, by expressing the iNOS [111].”

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Authors
Geissmann, F., Manz, M. G., Jung, S., Sieweke, M. H., Merad, M., & Ley, K.
Affiliations
  • Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation, Division of Immunology, Infection, and Inflammatory Diseases, King's College London, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 1UL, UK.
  • University Hospital Zurich (CH)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Department of Gene and Cell Medicine and Institute for Immunology, Icahn Medical Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
  • La Jolla Institute for Immunology (US)
Corresponding author
Ley, Klaus
Venue
Science
Published
2010-02-05
Volume
327
Issue
5966
Pages
656-661
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2100820895
Cited by
3,049
References
82
Citations by year
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FWCI
20.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL058108)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
Keywords
monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, cell development, lineage relationships, innate immunity, inflammation, adaptive immune response, immunological memory, immune tolerance, tissue macrophages, cell differentiation
MeSH terms
Animals, Dendritic Cells, Homeostasis, Humans, Inflammation, Macrophages, Monocytes, Phagocytosis, Transcription, Genetic, Cytokines, Cell Lineage, Myeloid Progenitor Cells, Myelopoiesis, Cell Proliferation, Mice

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