title: Development of the spleen.
abstract: Embryogenesis and later development of the spleen's hematologic and immune functions involves ingrowth of vascular channels, influx of reticular cells and related byproducts to form a filtering network, migration of cells from other organs such as bone marrow and thymus, and final maturation of transient and resident cell populations.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology; D013154:Spleen / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology