Macrophages exist in most tissues of the body, where they perform various functions at the same time equilibrating with other cells to maintain immune responses in numerous diseases including cancer.

Monocytes and macrophages are myeloid cells that have important innate immune functions. Macrophages reside in tissues and respond to infection by producing inflammatory mediators and engulfing ...

Cardiac and pericardial macrophages contribute to both homeostatic and pathophysiological processes. Recent advances have identified a vast repertoire of these macrophage populations in and around the ...

PPAR-γ is prominently expressed in activated monocytes and tissue macrophages in vivo, including the foam cells of atherosclerotic lesions 6,7. Multiple functions have been proposed for PPAR-γ ...

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kuleuven.be Intestinal resident macrophages are at the front line of host defence at the mucosal barrier within the gastrointestinal tract and have long been known to play a crucial role in the ...

The inflammatory response prompts the transportation of white blood cells and other cells—called macrophages—that engulf the invading organisms ... National Cancer Institute. Anatomy of the skin. Kim ...

A computer model of the cellular environment inside the knee developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers sheds ...

The central tendon is a large part of the diaphragm that anchors the diaphragm to the ribs. A healthy person can have some minor variations in the diaphragm's anatomy. For example, the left or right ...

Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren't so lucky. After a heart attack, most adults struggle to regenerate ...

This important study focused on characterizing clonally derived MSC populations from the synovium of normal and osteoarthritis (OA) patients, demonstrating their potential to regenerate cartilage in ...