Tumor-associated macrophages in tumor metastasis: biological roles and clinical therapeutic applications

Y Lin, J Xu, H Lan - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2019 - Springer
Tumor metastasis is a major contributor to the death of cancer patients. It is driven not only
by the intrinsic alterations in tumor cells, but also by the implicated cross-talk between …

Macrophages: Their role, activation and polarization in pulmonary diseases

S Arora, K Dev, B Agarwal, P Das, MA Syed - Immunobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Macrophages, circulating in the blood or concatenated into different organs and tissues
constitute the first barrier against any disease. They are foremost controllers of both innate …

The roles of macrophages and microglia in multiple sclerosis and experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

F Chu, M Shi, C Zheng, D Shen, J Zhu, X Zheng… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorder characterized by
chronic inflammation, demyelination, as well as axonal and neuronal loss in the central …

Mechanobiology of macrophages: how physical factors coregulate macrophage plasticity and phagocytosis

N Jain, J Moeller, V Vogel - Annual review of biomedical …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
In addition to their early-recognized functions in host defense and the clearance of apoptotic
cell debris, macrophages play vital roles in tissue development, homeostasis, and repair. If …

Monocytes, macrophages, and their potential niches in synovial joints–therapeutic targets in post-traumatic osteoarthritis?

P Haubruck, MM Pinto, B Moradi, CB Little… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Synovial joints are complex structures that enable normal locomotion. Following injury, they
undergo a series of changes, including a prevalent inflammatory response. This increases …

Epigenetic regulation of macrophage polarization in wound healing

C Chen, T Liu, Y Tang, G Luo, G Liang, W He - Burns & Trauma, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The immune microenvironment plays a critical role in regulating skin wound healing.
Macrophages, the main component of infiltrating inflammatory cells, play a pivotal role in …

Targeting microglia and macrophages: a potential treatment strategy for multiple sclerosis

J Wang, J Wang, J Wang, B Yang, Q Weng… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory neurodegenerative disease of the central
nervous system (CNS). The early stage is characterized by relapses and the later stage, by …

Macrophage differentiation in normal and accelerated wound healing

GJ Kotwal, S Chien - Macrophages: origin, functions and biointervention, 2017 - Springer
Chronic wounds pose considerable public health challenges and burden. Wound healing is
known to require the participation of macrophages, but mechanisms remain unclear. The M1 …

Modulating tumor-associated macrophages to enhance the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibitors: A TAM-pting approach

AN Chamseddine, T Assi, O Mir, S Chouaib - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Tumor-associated macrophages (TAM) plasticity and diversity are both essential hallmarks
of the monocyte-macrophage lineage and the tumor-derived inflammation. TAM exemplify …

Transcriptional, epigenetic and metabolic programming of tumor-associated macrophages

I Larionova, E Kazakova, M Patysheva… - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Macrophages are key innate immune cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME) that
regulate primary tumor growth, vascularization, metastatic spread and tumor response to …