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SUBMITTER: El Sayed S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8748948 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
El Sayed Shorouk S Patik Izabel I Redhu Naresh S NS Glickman Jonathan N JN Karagiannis Konstantinos K El Naenaeey El Sayed Y ESY Elmowalid Gamal A GA Abd El Wahab Ashraf M AM Snapper Scott B SB Horwitz Bruce H BH
Scientific reports 20220110 1
Macrophages are a heterogeneous population of mononuclear phagocytes abundantly distributed throughout the intestinal compartments that adapt to microenvironmental specific cues. In adult mice, the majority of intestinal macrophages exhibit a mature phenotype and are derived from blood monocytes. In the steady-state, replenishment of these cells is reduced in the absence of the chemokine receptor CCR2. Within the intestine of mice with colitis, there is a marked increase in the accumulation of i ...[more]