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Phagocytes

Leukocyte Differentiation

Leukocyte Differentiation

Phagocytes derive from stem cells in the bone marrow. Monocytes differentiate into dendritic cells and macrophages, while mast cells and neutrophils are in a separate group of PMN granuolcytes as well.

This diagram of leukocyte differentiation indicates the self-renewing stem cell, B lymphocyte, T lymphocyte, NK cell, bi-potential cell, phagocytes, dendritic cell, macrophage, neutrophils, monocytes, and mast cells.

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