Drugging the efferocytosis process: concepts and opportunities

P Mehrotra, KS Ravichandran - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The daily removal of billions of apoptotic cells in the human body via the process of
efferocytosis is essential for homeostasis. To allow for this continuous efferocytosis, rapid …

Therapeutic strategies targeting inflammation and immunity in atherosclerosis: how to proceed?

SE Engelen, AJB Robinson, YX Zurke… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall, characterized by the
formation of plaques containing lipid, connective tissue and immune cells in the intima of …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting inflammation in atherosclerosis—from experimental insights to the clinic

O Soehnlein, P Libby - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis, a dominant and growing cause of death and disability worldwide, involves
inflammation from its inception to the emergence of complications. Targeting inflammatory …

Macrophages: the good, the bad, and the gluttony

EA Ross, A Devitt, JR Johnson - Frontiers in immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Macrophages are dynamic cells that play critical roles in the induction and resolution of
sterile inflammation. In this review, we will compile and interpret recent findings on the …

[HTML][HTML] Efferocytosis in health and disease

AC Doran, A Yurdagul Jr, I Tabas - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2020 - nature.com
The clearance of apoptotic cells by professional and non-professional phagocytes—a
process termed 'efferocytosis'—is essential for the maintenance of tissue homeostasis …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation and its resolution in atherosclerosis: mediators and therapeutic opportunities

M Bäck, A Yurdagul Jr, I Tabas, K Öörni… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a lipid-driven inflammatory disease of the arterial intima in which the
balance of pro-inflammatory and inflammation-resolving mechanisms dictates the final …

Resolution of inflammation: An organizing principle in biology and medicine

D Panigrahy, MM Gilligan, CN Serhan… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The resolution of inflammation has emerged as a critical endogenous process that protects
host tissues from prolonged or excessive inflammation that can become chronic. Failure of …

Formation, signaling and occurrence of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators—what is the evidence so far?

NH Schebb, H Kühn, AS Kahnt, KM Rund… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Formation of specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPMs) such as lipoxins or resolvins
usually involves arachidonic acid 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO, ALOX5) and different types of …

Resolvins in inflammation: emergence of the pro-resolving superfamily of mediators

CN Serhan, BD Levy - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Countless times each day, the acute inflammatory response protects us from invading
microbes, injuries, and insults from within, as in surgery-induced tissue injury. These …

Age and age-related diseases: role of inflammation triggers and cytokines

IM Rea, DS Gibson, V McGilligan… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Cytokine dysregulation is believed to play a key role in the remodeling of the immune
system at older age, with evidence pointing to an inability to fine-control systemic …