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Ontogeny of Tissue-Resident Macrophages

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Hoeffel, Guillaume, Ginhoux, Florent·2015·Frontiers in Immunology

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The origin of tissue-resident macrophages, crucial for homeostasis and immunity, has remained controversial until recently. Originally described as part of the mononuclear phagocyte system, macrophages were long thought to derive solely from adult blood circulating monocytes. However, accumulating evidence now shows that certain macrophage populations are in fact independent from monocyte and even from adult bone marrow hematopoiesis. These tissue-resident macrophages derive from sequential seeding of tissues by two precursors during embryonic development. Primitive macrophages generated in the yolk sac (YS) from early erythro-myeloid progenitors (EMPs), independently of the transcription factor c-Myb and bypassing monocytic intermediates, first give rise to microglia. Later, fetal monocytes, generated from c-Myb(+) EMPs that initially seed the fetal liver (FL), then give rise to the majority of other adult macrophages. Thus, hematopoietic stem cell-independent embryonic precursors transiently present in the YS and the FL give rise to long-lasting self-renewing macrophage populations.

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Authors
Hoeffel, G., & Ginhoux, F.
Affiliations
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (SG)
Corresponding author
  • Hoeffel, Guillaume
  • Ginhoux, Florent
Venue
Frontiers in Immunology
Published
2015-09-22
Volume
6
Pages
486-486
ISSN
1664-3224 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1859780204
Cited by
364
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116
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2.89
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journal article
Language
en
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Funders
Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) Core Grant
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
Keywords
tissue-resident macrophages, macrophage ontogeny, yolk sac macrophages, erythro-myeloid progenitors, MYB, microglia

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