Monocyte Development - 3
Monocyte  features:
Great morphological variability
Indented nucleus
Not indented by surrounding red cells
Fine granular cytoplasm – “ground-glass”
Lacy chromatin
Large C:N ratio
Granular contents of interest:
Transferrin – iron storage form
Transcobalamin – B12 storage
Plasminogen activator
CD4 receptor – HIV receptor
Coagulation factors:
V, VII, IX, X, III