Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

Harnessing nanomaterials for cancer sonodynamic immunotherapy

S Liang, J Yao, D Liu, L Rao, X Chen… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy has made remarkable strides in cancer therapy over the past decade.
However, such emerging therapy still suffers from the low response rates and immune …

Dopamine, immunity, and disease

B Channer, SM Matt, EA Nickoloff-Bybel, V Pappa… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key factor in central nervous system (CNS) function,
regulating many processes including reward, movement, and cognition. Dopamine also …

Skull and vertebral bone marrow are myeloid cell reservoirs for the meninges and CNS parenchyma

A Cugurra, T Mamuladze, J Rustenhoven, T Dykstra… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Myeloid cells are highly heterogeneous, with distinct ontogenies and
immune functions. The diverse role of myeloid populations, including monocytes …

Macrophage functional diversity in NAFLD—more than inflammation

E Barreby, P Chen, M Aouadi - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2022 - nature.com
Macrophages have diverse phenotypes and functions due to differences in their origin,
location and pathophysiological context. Although their main role in the liver has been …

Tumor-associated macrophages in human breast, colorectal, lung, ovarian and prostate cancers

I Larionova, G Tuguzbaeva, A Ponomaryova… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are major innate immune cells that constitute up to
50% of the cell mass of human tumors. TAMs are highly heterogeneous cells that originate …

Macrophage phenotypes in tissue repair and the foreign body response: Implications for biomaterial-based regenerative medicine strategies

KE Martin, AJ García - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Macrophages are a highly heterogeneous and plastic population of cells that are crucial for
tissue repair and regeneration. This has made macrophages a particularly attractive target …

Deciphering human macrophage development at single-cell resolution

Z Bian, Y Gong, T Huang, CZW Lee, L Bian, Z Bai… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Macrophages are the first cells of the nascent immune system to emerge during embryonic
development. In mice, embryonic macrophages infiltrate developing organs, where they …

Macrophage polarization in physiological and pathological pregnancy

Y Yao, XH Xu, L Jin - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The immunology of pregnancy is complex and poorly defined. During the complex process
of pregnancy, macrophages secrete many cytokines/chemokines and play pivotal roles in …

Macrophages: versatile players in renal inflammation and fibrosis

PMK Tang, DJ Nikolic-Paterson, HY Lan - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2019 - nature.com
Macrophages have important roles in immune surveillance and in the maintenance of
kidney homeostasis; their response to renal injury varies enormously depending on the …