Talk:Mononuclear phagocyte system

monocytes or lymphocytes in the Reticuloendothelial system?
According to this introduction, monocytes are participating in the Reticuloendothelial system, but according to the introduction on Lymphoma, the lymphocytes are participating in the Reticuloendothelial system. It is clear on Image:Illu_blood_cell_lineage.jpg that they aren't the same thing. So which one is present there? Perhaps both? Mikael Häggström 17:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I made some own research at and  and found that: Histiocytes and monocytes, not histiocytes and lymphocytes, form the reticuloendothelial system. Lymphoma is now corrected. Mikael Häggström 07:22, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Improvement
Moved request for improvement here. Found under "Functions"
 * "A meaningful outline of normal (extravascular) vs. abnormal (intravascular) hemolysis with more emphasis on macrophages would be helpful." Eyal (talk) 15:22, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Split or merge? – Reticuloendothelial system
The article Reticuloendothelial system has recently been recreated, it was moved to this title in 2010. The source cited there is from 1998 and I'm having a hard time finding other sources to verify that it is generally accepted that these two things are different. – Þjarkur (talk) 11:50, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

I agree that it is difficult to find in the literature that these two terms are different. However, that does not mean that they are the same. I just added two more citations that emphasise that these two term should be considered different based on the history on how the terms arose and how new research methods have been used to re-evaluate the meaning of RES. I would be happy to hear back from you again. The article need critical evaluation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjetilhe (talk • contribs) 14:21, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Closing stale 2019 proposal; uncontested objection and no support. Klbrain (talk) 10:31, 8 July 2020 (UTC)