Macrophages are the mature form of monocytes, which circulate in the blood and differentiate into macrophages upon migrating into tissues.

Authors

• Person: Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M Organization: Garland Science
  The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH

Sources

• The components of the immune system - Immunobiology - NCBI - NIH www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Janeway CA Jr, Travers P, Walport M · Garland Science via serper

Referenced by nodes (4)

• macrophages concept
• blood concept
• tissue concept
• monocyte concept