Role of cardiac macrophages on cardiac inflammation, fibrosis and tissue repair

WP Lafuse, DJ Wozniak, MVS Rajaram - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The immune system plays a pivotal role in the initiation, development and resolution of
inflammation following insult or damage to organs. The heart is a vital organ which supplies …

The immunology of macrophage activation syndrome

CB Crayne, S Albeituni, KE Nichols… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Synonymous with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, macrophage activation
syndrome (MAS) is a term used by rheumatologists to describe a potentially life-threatening …

Immunometabolism at the interface between macrophages and pathogens

DG Russell, L Huang, BC VanderVen - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2019 - nature.com
It is generally regarded that the progression of an infection within host macrophages is the
consequence of a failed immune response. However, recent appreciation of macrophage …

Resident macrophages cloak tissue microlesions to prevent neutrophil-driven inflammatory damage

S Uderhardt, AJ Martins, JS Tsang, T Lämmermann… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Neutrophils are attracted to and generate dense swarms at sites of cell damage in diverse
tissues, often extending the local disruption of organ architecture produced by the initial …

Targeting of CD163+ Macrophages in Inflammatory and Malignant Diseases

MK Skytthe, JH Graversen, SK Moestrup - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The macrophage is a key cell in the pro-and anti-inflammatory response including that of the
inflammatory microenvironment of malignant tumors. Much current drug development in …

Targeting Tyro3, Axl and MerTK (TAM receptors): implications for macrophages in the tumor microenvironment

KV Myers, SR Amend, KJ Pienta - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
Tumor-associated macrophages are an abundant cell type in the tumor microenvironment.
These macrophages serve as a promising target for treatment of cancer due to their roles in …

Antigen cross-presentation by macrophages

EM Muntjewerff, LD Meesters… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The contribution of dendritic cell (DC) antigen cross-presentation to the activation of CD8+ T
lymphocytes for immune defense against tumors, viruses, and intracellular pathogens has …

Molecular mechanisms of breast cancer metastasis to the lung: clinical and experimental perspectives

B Medeiros, AL Allan - International journal of molecular sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, and> 90% of
breast cancer-related deaths are associated with metastasis. Breast cancer spreads …

Adult connective tissue-resident mast cells originate from late erythro-myeloid progenitors

Z Li, S Liu, J Xu, X Zhang, D Han, J Liu, M Xia, L Yi… - Immunity, 2018 - cell.com
Tissue-resident mast cells are associated with many inflammatory and physiological
processes. Although mast cells arise from the yolk sac, the exact ontogeny of adult mast …

Macrophage activation markers, CD163 and CD206, in acute-on-chronic liver failure

MC Nielsen, R Hvidbjerg Gantzel, J Clària, J Trebicka… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Macrophages facilitate essential homeostatic functions eg, endocytosis, phagocytosis, and
signaling during inflammation, and express a variety of scavenger receptors including …