Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes: Differentiation Pathway and Migration to Wound Sites

Abe, Riichiro; C. Donnelly, Seamas; Peng, Tina; Bucala, Richard; N. Metz, Christine

doi:10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7556

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Peripheral Blood Fibrocytes: Differentiation Pathway and Migration to Wound Sites

Published in The Journal of Immunology • Jun 1, 2001

Authors:

Riichiro Abe

Seamas C. Donnelly

Tina Peng

Abstract

Fibrocytes are a distinct population of blood-borne cells that display a unique cell surface phenotype (collagen I+/CD11b+/CD13+/CD34+/CD45RO+/MHC class II+/CD86+) and exhibit potent immunostimulatory activities. Circulating fibrocytes rapidly enter sites of tissue injury, suggesting an important ro...

Subject

Fibrocyte

Wound healing

Chemokine

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