Macrophages, not T cells, may hold key to predicting which melanoma patients are more likely to respond to immunotherapy
An international team of UK and US scientists has discovered that the activity of macrophages—a type of white blood cell that ...
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Monocytes and macrophages articles from across Nature Portfolio
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 ...
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Study reveals macrophages' misunderstood role in lung fibrosis
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 ...
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Induction of macrophage efferocytosis in pancreatic cancer via PI3Kγ inhibition and radiotherapy promotes tumour control
Background The immune suppression mechanisms in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain unknown, but preclinical ...