Mediators of Inflammation

Review Article

Tissues Use Resident Dendritic Cells and Macrophages to Maintain Homeostasis and to Regain Homeostasis upon Tissue Injury: The Immunoregulatory Role of Changing Tissue Environments

Table 1

Resident mononuclear phagocytes in various organs and tissues.
TissueMacrophagesDendritic cells
SkinDermal macrophages [10] Dermal DCs, Langerhans cells [10]
BoneOsteoclasts [10] 
Bone marrowBone marrow macrophages [11] 
Ovary/testisOvarian macrophages [12] 
Kidney Interstitial DCs [7, 13]
Pancreas Dendritic cell precursors [14]
SpleenMarginal zone macrophages, red pulp macrophages [10]iDCs, follicular DCs [15]
LiverKupffer cells [10]Plasmacytoid DCs, cDCs [16]
ColonIntestinal macrophages [17]Lamina propria DCs [17]
IleumIntestinal macrophages [17]Lamina propria DCs [17]
StomachIntestinal macrophages [17]Lamina propria DCs [17]
LungAlveolar macrophages [10] 
BrainMicroglia [10] 
DCs: dendritic cells.