Initially mistaken for neutrophils, a population of atypical macrophages appears in the lungs after severe viral infection, orchestrates tissue repair, and then vanishes. Rebecca Roberts is a science ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The paper D. Hammer et al., “Label-free adaptive optics imaging of human retinal macrophage distribution and dynamics,” PNAS, 117:30661–69, 2020.

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 ...

Research from VIB-UGent identifies lipid-associated macrophages and LAM-like Kupffer cells as critical for liver repair. The ...