A macrophage which develops from an inflammatory monocyte and is recruited into the tissues in response to injury and infection as part of an inflammatory response. Markers include CD11b-positive, CD68-positive, and F4/80-positive. [ GOC:tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15771589 GOC:add http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 GOC:ana ]
Synonyms: wandering histiocyte free macrophage
Term information
- FMA:84645
- FMA:84643
Markers: CD11b+, CD68+; Mouse: F4/80+; role or process: immune, inflammation (inflammatory response).
Term relations
- macrophage and participates in some inflammatory response and has plasma membrane part some integrin alpha-M and has plasma membrane part some adhesion G protein-coupled receptor E1 and has plasma membrane part some macrosialin
- macrophage
- protein-containing material entity
- has part some adhesion G protein-coupled receptor E1
- has part some integrin alpha-M
- has part some macrosialin
- develops from some classical monocyte