Tissue-specific macrophages: how they develop and choreograph tissue biology

E Mass, F Nimmerjahn, K Kierdorf… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Macrophages are innate immune cells that form a 3D network in all our tissues, where they
phagocytose dying cells and cell debris, immune complexes, bacteria and other waste …

Human dendritic cell subsets: an update

M Collin, V Bigley - Immunology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Dendritic cells (DC) are a class of bone‐marrow‐derived cells arising from lympho‐myeloid
haematopoiesis that form an essential interface between the innate sensing of pathogens …

Single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps toward understanding disease gene function

G Eraslan, E Drokhlyansky, S Anand, E Fiskin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding gene function and regulation in homeostasis and disease requires
knowledge of the cellular and tissue contexts in which genes are expressed. Here, we …

Monocyte conversion during inflammation and injury

RM Kratofil, P Kubes, JF Deniset - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Monocytes are circulating leukocytes important in both innate and adaptive immunity,
primarily functioning in immune defense, inflammation, and tissue remodeling. There are 2 …

Tissue-specific immunity at the oral mucosal barrier

NM Moutsopoulos, JE Konkel - Trends in immunology, 2018 - cell.com
The oral mucosal barrier is constantly exposed to a plethora of triggers requiring immune
control, including a diverse commensal microbiome, ongoing damage from mastication, and …

The role of the local environment and epigenetics in shaping macrophage identity and their effect on tissue homeostasis

I Amit, DR Winter, S Jung - Nature immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Macrophages provide a critical systemic network cells of the innate immune system.
Emerging data suggest that in addition, they have important tissue-specific functions that …

Langerhans cells–the macrophage in dendritic cell clothing

T Doebel, B Voisin, K Nagao - Trends in immunology, 2017 - cell.com
Our assumptions on the identity and functions of Langerhans cells (LCs) of the epidermis
have undergone considerable changes. Once thought to be prototypic representatives of the …

[HTML][HTML] Development of conventional dendritic cells: from common bone marrow progenitors to multiple subsets in peripheral tissues

D Sichien, BN Lambrecht, M Guilliams, CL Scott - Mucosal immunology, 2017 - Elsevier
Our understanding of conventional dendritic cell (cDC) development and the functional
specializations of distinct subsets in the peripheral tissues has increased greatly in recent …

A liver capsular network of monocyte-derived macrophages restricts hepatic dissemination of intraperitoneal bacteria by neutrophil recruitment

F Sierro, M Evrard, S Rizzetto, M Melino, AJ Mitchell… - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
The liver is positioned at the interface between two routes traversed by pathogens in
disseminating infection. Whereas blood-borne pathogens are efficiently cleared in hepatic …

Langerhans cells: sensing the environment in health and disease

J Deckers, H Hammad, E Hoste - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In the last few decades, our understanding of Langerhans cells (LCs) has drastically
changed based on novel findings regarding the developmental origin and biological …