Tissue resident macrophages are found in various tissues like Langerhans cells in the skin
or alveolar macrophages in the lung, and their main function is to regulate organ
homeostasis. They have also been observed in the bone marrow and these cells in
particular have been gaining importance in recent years as they are key players in
hematopoiesis. However, as the characterization and classification of these putatively
different bone marrow resident macrophages is far from established there is a need to …