Immune evasion and provocation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

P Chandra, SJ Grigsby, JA Philips - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, has infected humans for
millennia. M. tuberculosis is well adapted to establish infection, persist in the face of the host …

Targeting macrophages in cancer immunotherapy

Z Duan, Y Luo - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Immunotherapy is regarded as the most promising treatment for cancers. Various cancer
immunotherapies, including adoptive cellular immunotherapy, tumor vaccines, antibodies …

COVID-19 vaccines: The status and perspectives in delivery points of view

JY Chung, MN Thone, YJ Kwon - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the high prevalence and long incubation periods often without symptoms, the severe
acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected millions of individuals …

Monocytes and Macrophages in COVID-19

R Knoll, JL Schultze, J Schulte-Schrepping - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
COVID-19 is a contagious viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that led to an ongoing
pandemic with massive global health and socioeconomic consequences. The disease is …

Amino acid metabolism in immune cells: essential regulators of the effector functions, and promising opportunities to enhance cancer immunotherapy

L Yang, Z Chu, M Liu, Q Zou, J Li, Q Liu… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Amino acids are basic nutrients for immune cells during organ development, tissue
homeostasis, and the immune response. Regarding metabolic reprogramming in the tumor …

The aging lung: Physiology, disease, and immunity

JL Schneider, JH Rowe, C Garcia-de-Alba, CF Kim… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The population is aging at a rate never seen before in human history. As the number of
elderly adults grows, it is imperative we expand our understanding of the underpinnings of …

Cigarette smoke exposure and alveolar macrophages: mechanisms for lung disease

ST Lugg, A Scott, D Parekh, B Naidu, DR Thickett - Thorax, 2022 - thorax.bmj.com
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. It causes chronic
lung disease and predisposes individuals to acute lung injury and pulmonary infection …

[HTML][HTML] AdMSC-derived exosomes alleviate acute lung injury via transferring mitochondrial component to improve homeostasis of alveolar macrophages

L Xia, C Zhang, N Lv, Z Liang, T Ma, H Cheng, Y Xia… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: Aberrant activation of macrophages with mitochondria dismiss was proved to be
associated with pathogenesis of ALI (acute lung injury). Exosomes from adipose-derived …

Human chimeric antigen receptor macrophages for cancer immunotherapy

M Klichinsky, M Ruella, O Shestova, XM Lu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has shown promise in hematologic
malignancies, but its application to solid tumors has been challenging,,–. Given the unique …

Diversity of macrophages in lung homeostasis and diseases

F Hou, K Xiao, L Tang, L Xie - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lung macrophages play important roles in the maintenance of homeostasis, pathogen
clearance and immune regulation. The different types of pulmonary macrophages and their …