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Published in final edited form as: Trends Mol Med. 2011 Sep 2;17(12):743–752. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2011.07.009

Table 1.

Myeloid cell function table

	Non-immune Myeloid Cell Function	Refs.
In Development	Initiating and/or responding to developmental apoptosis	[13, 14, 100, 101]
	Tissue patterning: regulation of blood vessel development	[10, 21, 22, 104]
	Tissue morphogenesis: bone development	[24, 105]
	Tissue morphogenesis: mammary duct development	[9, 25–27]
	Cell fate decisions: pancreatic beta-cell differentiation	[28, 32, 33]
	Neuron survival and circuit formation	[14, 34, 37–40]
	Adipose cell proliferation and survival	[24, 41–43]
In Homeostasis	Removal of short-lived hematopoietic cells	[46–48]
	Maintenance of blood pressure	[52]
	Nitric oxide homeostasis	[54, 55]
	Maintenance of reproductive function	[56–61]
	Lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis	[62–64]
In Repair and Regeneration	Repair of skin wounds: repair, regeneration, scar formation, fibrosis	[66–69]
	Role in muscle regeneration	[70, 71]
	Kidney repair and regeneration	[72]
	Liver injury and repair	[73, 89, 90]
	Regeneration of colon	[75, 76]
	Response to pancreatitis	[77]
	Vascular responses	[67, 74, 95]