Perivascular and subdural meningeal macrophages at the interface between the central nervous system and the periphery are self-renewing and arise from early embryonic precursors. Macrophages residing in the choroid plexus have dual origin, developing from circulating bone-marrow-derived monocytes and embryonic progenitors.
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Greter, M. Family ties among CNS macrophages. Nat Immunol 17, 742–743 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni.3490
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