title: Macrophage heterogeneity: a personal scientific journey.
abstract: Although already evident from the earliest days of macrophage research, the diversity of macrophage distribution, morphology, and function continues to attract immunologists interested in their role in physiology and disease. Contemporary tools of cellular and molecular analysis have begun to unravel their versatile and adaptable gene expression, the result of differentiation and modulation by their environment. In this brief account, I outline the history of my personal involvement in this subject.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom. siamon.gordon@path.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Siamon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gordon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000266:history; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D060833:Cellular Microenvironment; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers