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alveolar macrophage

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000583


A tissue-resident macrophage found in the alveoli of the lungs. Ingests small inhaled particles resulting in degradation and presentation of the antigen to immunocompetent cells. Markers include F4/80-positive, CD11b-/low, CD11c-positive, CD68-positive, sialoadhesin-positive, dectin-1-positive, MR-positive, CX3CR1-negative. [ GOC:dsd MESH:D016676 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000031 GOC:ana GOC:tfm ]

Synonyms: dust cell

Term info

database cross reference
  • BTO:0000802
  • FMA:83023
  • CALOHA:TS-0030
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

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Markers: Mouse: F4/80mid, CD11b-/low, CD11c+, CD68+, sialoadhesin+, dectin-1+, MR+, CX3CR1-.

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606