Talk:Histiocyte

Questions
I believe this page should redirect to macrophage since a histiocyte is apparently a type of macrophage. Stedman's definition: ''1. A tissue macrophage; the class includes hepatic Kupffer cells, alveolar macrophages, giant cells of granulomas, osteoclasts, and dermal Langerhans cells. These cells derive from precursors that normally reside in bone marrow but migrate through the bloodstream to egress into tissues for final differentiation.''Jdevola (talk) 20:16, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

I need a clear distinction between a "macrophage" and a "histiocyte". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.241.4 (talk • contribs)

It says human immume system in the first line. How species-specific is this cell class? Humans? Primates? Mammals? Malcolm Farmer 20:25, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Merge
Please see Talk:Histiocytosis for the discussion about the merge. &mdash; Chris53516 (Talk) 13:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)