Macrophages are motile cells that roam the extracellular spaces within organs or the body cavity and carry out essential functions in organ development and immunity. New work published in The EMBO Journal adds surprising new insights into the heterogeneity of Drosophila macrophages revealing many similarities to their vertebrate counterparts.

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太多了：果蝇巨噬细胞令人惊讶的异质性。

巨噬细胞是游动细胞，游动在器官或体腔内的细胞外空间，并在器官发育和免疫中发挥基本功能。《 EMBO杂志》上发表的新著作为果蝇巨噬细胞的异质性提供了令人惊讶的新见解，揭示了与脊椎动物类似物的许多相似之处。