Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
EMBO J. 2020 Jun 17;39(12):e105199. doi: 10.15252/embj.2020105199. Epub 2020 May 4.
Macrophages are motile cells that roam the extracellular spaces within organs or the body cavity and carry out essential functions in organ development and immunity. New work published in The EMBO Journal adds surprising new insights into the heterogeneity of Drosophila macrophages revealing many similarities to their vertebrate counterparts.
巨噬细胞是游走细胞,它们在器官或体腔的细胞外空间中漫游,并在器官发育和免疫中发挥重要作用。发表在《欧洲分子生物学组织杂志》上的新工作为果蝇巨噬细胞的异质性增添了令人惊讶的新见解,揭示了它们与脊椎动物的许多相似之处。