Histiocyte

Histiocyte
Histiocyte
Details
System	Immune system
Identifiers
Latin	macrophagocytus immobilis
MeSH	D006644
TH	H2.00.03.0.01009
FMA	84642 83585, 84642
	Anatomical terms of microanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

A histiocyte is a vertebrate cell that is part of the mononuclear phagocyte system (also known as the reticuloendothelial system or lymphoreticular system). The mononuclear phagocytic system is part of the organism's immune system. The histiocyte is a tissue macrophage^[1] or a dendritic cell^[2] (histio, diminutive of histo, meaning tissue, and cyte, meaning cell). Part of their job is to clear out neutrophils once they've reached the end of their lifespan.

^ Cline, Mj (1 November 1994). "Histiocytes and histiocytosis". Blood. 84 (9): 2840–2853. doi:10.1182/blood.V84.9.2840.2840.
^ Chorro L, Geissmann F (December 2010). "Development and homeostasis of 'resident' myeloid cells: the case of the Langerhans cell". Trends in Immunology. 31 (12): 438–45. doi:10.1016/j.it.2010.09.003. PMID 21030305.

[Cline1994-1] Cline, Mj (1 November 1994). "Histiocytes and histiocytosis". Blood. 84 (9): 2840–2853. doi:10.1182/blood.V84.9.2840.2840.

[2] Chorro L, Geissmann F (December 2010). "Development and homeostasis of 'resident' myeloid cells: the case of the Langerhans cell". Trends in Immunology. 31 (12): 438–45. doi:10.1016/j.it.2010.09.003. PMID 21030305.

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