Lung macrophages are long living cells with broad differentiation potential, which reside in
the lung interstitium and alveoli or are organ-recruited upon inflammatory stimuli. A role of …

With recent advances in nanotechnology and therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs), various
nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) have demonstrated great promise in diagnostics and …

Mammalian phagocytes can phagocytose (ie eat) other mammalian cells in the body if they
display certain signals, and this phagocytosis plays fundamental roles in development, cell …

Apoptosis is a universal and continuous event during tissue development, restoration,
repair, and regeneration. Mounting evidence has demonstrated that apoptosis is essential …

Phagocytosis serves as one of the key processes involved in development, maintenance of
tissue homeostasis, as well as in eliminating pathogens from an organism. Under normal …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer‐enclosed subcellular bodies produced by most,
if not all cells. Research over the last two decades has recognised the importance of EVs in …

Complement is the major humoral component of the innate immune system. It recognizes
pathogen-and damage-associated molecular patterns, and initiates the immune response in …

Inflammation is a beneficial host reaction to tissue damage and has the essential primary
purpose of restoring tissue homeostasis. Inflammation plays a major role in containing and …

Splenic marginal zone B-cell lymphoma (SMZL) is a heterogeneous clinico-biological entity.
The clinical course is variable, multiple genes are mutated with no unifying mechanism, and …

Cells constituting a multicellular organism die in a variety of ways throughout life, and most
of them die via apoptosis under normal conditions. The occurrence of apoptosis is especially …