An international team of UK and US scientists has discovered that the activity of macrophages—a type of white blood cell that ...

The study was published in the journal JCI Insight. Macrophages are immune cells that reside in and protect the lungs and are also recruited to the lungs in high numbers during injury or disease ...

Background The immune suppression mechanisms in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain unknown, but preclinical ...

Richard Staines spoke with Soren Bregenholt, the new CEO of Macrophage Pharma, about the company’s strategy encompassing both immune oncology and inflammatory diseases. In healthy tissues ...

They found that macrophages expressing Gpnmb genes, which have historically been described as "pro-fibrotic" macrophages, were found in both types of lung injury, indicating that they may not be ...

DENVER — Researchers at National Jewish Health and colleagues have completed the first study comparing lung macrophages in multiple models of lung injury. The research indicates that macrophages ...

In particular, the adipose tissue macrophages (ATMs) are important in the pathogenesis of obesity. A pro-inflammatory activation is also found in other organs which are important for energy metabolism ...

Recent studies suggest that these effects are partly mediated through the regulation of macrophage polarization, wherein macrophages differentiate into pro-inflammatory M1 or anti-inflammatory M2 ...

An interview on how advanced techniques can be used to enhance silk fibroin and chitosan for drug delivery applications.

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 ...