Open AccessOn monocytes. Silberberg (Deut. med. Woch., 1928, No. 11)
Publication year - 1928
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj95946
Subject(s) - histiocyte , macrophage , monocyte , lymphatic system , myeloid , immunology , pathology , peripheral blood , myeloid cells , biology , medicine , genetics , in vitro
According to Silberberg, the macrophage histiocytic system is completely independent of the myeloid and lymphatic systems. Monocytes, which are direct descendants of histiocytes or represent free histiocytes themselves that have entered the blood, form a third, completely independent form of wandering cells of blood and tissues. They never replace leukocytes or lymphocytes, are much less mobile than the latter, and do not constitute blood cells in the proper sense.