title: Diversity: a hallmark of monocyte society.
abstract: Murine "inflammatory" and "patrolling" monocytes have specific functional specializations. In this issue of Immunity, Cros et al. (2010) characterize CD14(+) and CD14(dim)CD16(+) monocyte subpopulations as the human "inflammatory" and "patrolling" monocytes that, similarly to their mouse counterparts, are characterized by distinct functional properties.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6525 HP Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frank L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: van de Veerdonk
authors.forename: Mihai G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Netea